Essays about: "Institutional weakness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Institutional weakness.

  1. 1. An institutional weakness? – The participation of Chinese miners in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Enyam Joel Agbesinyale; [2023]
    Keywords : Chinese participation; ASGM; Institutional weakness; Rural transformation; Ghana; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the ongoing debate on the involvement of Chinese nationals in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. Despite the Minerals and Mining Law, Act 703 (2006) prohibiting foreigners from engaging in ASGM, it is reported that about 50,000 Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal mining activities. READ MORE

  3. 2. The impact of the Pink-Tide extractive economic model on democracy: a comparative study of democratic performance in Argentina and Uruguay

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Daniel Hernan Benjamin Gamez; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; extractivism; Argentina; Uruguay; institutions;

    Abstract : The deteriorating quality of democracy in Latin America has been a debated issue for a long time. Numerous theories and authors have proposed different causes and reasons. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exchanging Bilateral Investment Treaties and Investor-State Dispute Settlement for the Acquis Communautaire : A three-stage analysis of the effects for investors, the level of investment protection and for the flow of Foreign Direct Investment on the internal market

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Oscarsson; [2022]
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    Abstract : Through the judgements of Achmea and PL Holdings, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has prohibited the use of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) as well as the enforcement of any awards stemming from such procedures within the European Union (EU). This means that investors on the internal market can no longer enjoy the protection which was awarded to them by the protection standards inherent in the Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) which were previously relied upon by investors in the Member States (MS), and which provided for the possibility of ISDS. READ MORE

  5. 4. Strategies for the development of hybrid collections in academic libraries in Mozambique : a study of three academic libraries

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Acuceno Joao Chiconela; Helena Amarilda Chissano; [2021]
    Keywords : Higher Education Institutions; Mozambique; Collection Development Strategies; Hybrid Libraries; Consortium;

    Abstract : Mozambique academic libraries are quite vulnerable in hybrid collection development for various reasons. In the process of collection development, physical collections have dominated the Mozambican libraries’ scene because they can acquire printed materials relatively easily. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Fading of the Rainbow Nation? : A Study about Democratic Consolidation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Oskar Malmgren; [2021]
    Keywords : South Africa; post-apartheid; democracy; democratic consolidation; civil society; political society; judiciary; bureaucratic society; economic society.;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the level of democratic consolidation in South Africa. The study aimed to provide a deeper understanding of the current political situation and the general state of democracy. READ MORE