Essays about: "Law and Finance"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 79 essays containing the words Law and Finance.

1. 21. Digital Services Tax - A feasible solution for Taxation of the Digital Economy?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Pernilla Bergvad; [2020]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : During the 21th century, digitalization is considered the most important development of the modern global economy. Tax avoidance is a growing issue for governments globally, that are loosing lots of tax money to finance public welfare systems supporting healthcare, educational institutions and infrastructures. READ MORE

3. 22. Advancing Financialization through Development Cooperation: An Analysis of the European Union’s New Investment & Growth Strategies in Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nea Prättälä; [2020]
   Keywords : Financialization; Private Sector; Development cooperation; The European Union; Africa; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Early 2020 saw the publishing of the European Union’s new Africa Strategy. With a focal point on fostering economic growth, the strategy coalesces around increasing the confidence of international financiers to partake in investing into Africa. READ MORE

4. 23. Europe’s Twin Continent Retroliberalism in EU Development Policy targeting Africa – a Narrative Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frederik Söndergaard; [2020]
   Keywords : Development Policy; European Union; Africa; European External Action Service; Ontological Security; Narrative; Identity; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study analyses the constitutive power of narratives in relation to a retroliberal paradigm shift in EU development policy by focusing on blended finance targeting sub-Saharan Africa. This study builds on the claims of Mawdsley (2015) that a reconfiguration of global development policy has challenged the North ontologically, which have been accompanied with the emergence of retroliberalism. READ MORE

5. 24. Bankrolling Adverse Human Rights Impact in Development Projects - A study of the role and responsibilities of international financial institutions with respect to human rights in the development finance context and the implications of using intermediary commercial banks

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Paulina Wästerlund; [2019]
   Keywords : public international law; international human rights law; international financial institutions; commercial banks; development finance; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Den ökade andelen kapital som riktas mot hållbar utveckling genom att med offentliga medel frigöra privata investeringar i utvecklingsprojekt genomförda av privata aktörer kan, vid en första anblick, verka som ett framgångsrikt resultat av mobiliseringen av nödvändiga finansiella medel för att uppnå Agenda 2030 och de globala hållbarhetsmålen. Inkluderingen av den privata sektorn att bidra till, och lösa, samhällsutvecklingsfrågor med offentliga medel har emellertid haft uppenbara konsekvenser i form av en ökad risk för skadlig inverkan på mänskliga rättigheter, och har tydliggjort ett hålrum i möjligheterna till ansvarsutkrävande, eftersom privata institutioner är verksamma inom andra operativa och rättsliga system än offentliga internationella institutioner. READ MORE

6. 25. Botswana's Ownership over the Development Cooperation with the European Union: Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Cooperation of Stakeholders

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maximilian Blasek; [2019]
   Keywords : EU Development Cooperation; Ownership; Botswana; Development Policy; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The development research has stressed the importance of technical and vocational education and training for systemic progress in a society. However, proscribed donor-centred solutions often fail to deliver the expected result. READ MORE