Essays about: "Latin America and the Caribbean"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 31 essays containing the words Latin America and the Caribbean.

  1. 21. Does Inequality cause Crime? Evidence from a Latin American Panel

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Baier; [2014]
    Keywords : Crime; Latin America; Inequality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate if inequality has a significant impact on crime rates in Latin America and the Caribbean for the period from 1950 to 2010. Several studies in the past have found robust correlation between indicators of inequality and crime incidence, even when accounting for confounding factors and country-fixed effects. READ MORE

  3. 22. Post-Liberal Regionalism in Latin America - A Case Study of Venezuela as a Petro-State.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carolina Parada Hernandez; [2014]
    Keywords : Washington Consensus; Regionalism; Integration; Venezuela; Latin America; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since 1910, the major income of Venezuela comes, from the oil exploitation industry which is connected to the consolidation of the nation-state. This oil wealth has throughout history influenced its relations with countries in the Americas, United States and the rest of the world. READ MORE

  4. 23. NGOs and Governmentality in Chile The Case of TECHO and slum eradication programs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Katja Frösén; [2013]
    Keywords : Chile; governmentality; NGOs; slum erradication; social policies; housing; poverty; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study analyses the Chilean NGO TECHO, now present in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, from the perspective of Foucault's concept of governmentality, as elaborated by Rose and Miller (2008). They argue that non-state modes of power are the defining features of contemporary societies, and that these operate through loose, associative networks through which actors come to define common perceptions of problems and common aims. READ MORE

  5. 24. Conditional Cash Transfers in the African Context: An Explorative Study on the Impacts of CCTs in Burkina Faso

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Helena Malmi; [2012]
    Keywords : gender division of labor; poverty; conditional cash transfers; social policies; women’s empowerment; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The proliferation of poverty and global inequality between and within the countries has resulted in an emerging consensus among the actors in the field of international development on the importance of social policies in the process of development. One type of social policy measures employed to tackle poverty is Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT). READ MORE

  6. 25. REALISING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE ENVIRONMENT PILLAR

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Daniela Jodhan; [2012]
    Keywords : Environment; Global Environmental Governance; institutional interaction; regional; sustainable development; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (FME) as an institution working to articulate the national, regional and global dimensions of environmental governance and to promote sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean through regional cooperation. Drawing on current scholarship on Global Environmental Governance (GEG) and institutional interaction, it explores the opportunities and constraints that FME community members face in effecting these linkages. READ MORE