Essays about: "Instrumental Development"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 129 essays containing the words Instrumental Development.

  1. 31. Domain Adaptation for Attention Steering

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Johanna Wilroth; [2020]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : A major problem in the development of intelligent hearing aids is often referred to as the cocktail party problem. It describes the remarkable ability of the human brain of filter out unwanted sounds in a noisy environment, while focusing on a single talker or conversation. READ MORE

  3. 32. B Corp Certification - A strategic step towards sustainability?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Laura Ferré Cerdà; Olivia Viana Neves; Jimo Léandre Nawej; Marielle Carlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : B Lab; B Corp Certification; B Corps; Strategic Sustainable Development; FSSD;

    Abstract : The global socio-ecological system is under stress with increasing consumer demands and society’s inability to meet those demands. Businesses are both enablers and inhibitors of this socio-ecological dilemma, enabling a shift towards sustainability, in various ways including through Certification. READ MORE

  4. 33. What Can a Small State Do? : Swedish Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the United Nations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Therese Scocco; [2020]
    Keywords : Swedish Leadership; Small States; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Commission on Population and Development; Feminist Foreign Policy;

    Abstract : In the face of a global headwind against sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), led by the Trump administration, Sweden has worked together with like-minded countries to keep ground in SRHR issues. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the knowledge about what strategies are available for small states to influence global policies in international organizations. READ MORE

  5. 34. The Impact of Chinese Official Financing on Western Development Assistance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Valentin Messmer; [2020]
    Keywords : Donor competition; Aid allocation; China; Foreign Aid; Official Development Assistance;

    Abstract : This thesis describes the aid allocation behaviors of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors and their response to the emergence of China as a new donor in the aid landscape. My empirical strategy makes use of an interacted instrumental variable that relies on exogenous variation in the supply of Chinese aid over time resulting from changes in Chinese steel production. READ MORE

  6. 35. Power to the individual : a case study of a Dutch NGO and its strategy to fight plastic pollution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Anneke Boersma; [2020]
    Keywords : The Netherlands; plastic pollution; social change; individual behavioral change; hegemony; power; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The impact of plastic on the environment has been acknowledged on different levels, among others various NGOs around the world. These NGOs are known to aim for a reduction of plastic ending up in nature and more specifically the ocean. READ MORE