Essays about: "MDG s"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words MDG s.

1. 6. Like, share and tag : A comparative study of UNDP Stockholm and UNDP New York’s usage of Facebook as a communication tool 

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

   Author : Victor Petersson; [2012]
   Keywords : Facebook; UNDP; Millennium Development Goals; Agenda Setting; text analysis; Public Relations; ; Facebook; UNDP; Millenniemålen; Agenda Setting; textanalys; Public Relations;

   Abstract : The purpose of this research is to study how the UNDP offices in Stockholm and New York are using Facebook to set the agenda regarding the Millennium Development Goals, but also how the offices are communicating and presenting the goals towards the public. The research is based on publications from the two Facebook groups “millenniemålen – åtta mål för en bättre värld” and “United Nations Development Programme – UNDP” published between November 2011 until April 2012. READ MORE

3. 7. Why grow lettuce? : agricultural production policies being implemented in Koinadugu District, West Africa

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Florence Conteh; [2011]
   Keywords : agriculture production; food security; policy;

   Abstract : "Continued failure to effectively implement policy wastes increasingly scares resources and undermines the prospects of sustainable development" (Brinkerhoff,1395)After a decade long civil war ravaged the country, Sierra Leone faced the challenge of rebuilding its broken infrastructure, social disconnect and food and health inadequacies. With approximately two thirds of the population residing in rural areas and engaged in subsistence level agricultural activity it is estimated that 70% of the total population lives below the poverty line. READ MORE

4. 8. The Effect of Increased Gender Equality on Economic Growth in Developing Countries

   University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Anette Andersson; [2010]
   Keywords : Economic growth; Solow’s augmented growth model; human capital; education; gender equality;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether an increase in the level of human capital and reduction of gender inequality in the labor market affect developing nation’s growth rate and welfare. The data used in this thesis cover 74 emerging and developing countries for the years of 2001 and 2007. READ MORE

5. 9. Sustainable Development and European Union Enlargement : Investigating the degree to which the European Union Sustainable Development Strategy has been integrated into the European Union Enlargement process.

   University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

   Author : Friedaricka Steed; [2008]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; European Union Enlargement;

   Abstract : European Union (EU) Enlargement is more than a collaboration of nations; it has become a large-scale development project where countries facing significant economic challenges undergo enormous transitions in order to meet the standards for acceptance into the EU. This level of accelerated development calls for a strong integrated sustainable development oversight. READ MORE

6. 10. Micro Credit to Micro Finance institutions

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

   Author : Yasir Paracha; Muhammad Amin; [2008]
   Keywords : Micro Finance; economically active poor; Pakistan; financial system approach; Poverty lending approach;

   Abstract : Fighting poverty is one of the core objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).Micro Finance is the best way to eradicate poverty and to empower people. Micro finance is the newly emerging financial industry. It has the target market of more than 1. READ MORE