Essays about: "Mauritania"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Mauritania.

  1. 1. “Freedom is the greatest gift your master can give you”; Understanding a protracted emancipation process from slavery to freedom from the perspective of Mauritanian master’s

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Labour coercion; Emancipation; Property right; Economic incentives; Capital markets; Narrative analysis; Mauritania; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Using Mauritania as a case study this thesis compares the decline of two forms of coercive labour, slavery and servitude, to understand how masters’ incentives differ depending on property right and thus affect conditions for decline. By re-analysing sociological research through an economic lens, this thesis offers a new angle on Mauritania’s emancipation process. READ MORE

  3. 2. Between altruism and self-interest: Beyond EU’s normative power. An analysis of EU’s engagement in sustainable ocean governance

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Aleksandra Kuznia; [2019]
    Keywords : sustainable development; blue economy; ocean governance; maritime affairs; European Union; maritime policy; developing countries; normative principles; interests;

    Abstract : With the majority of the oceans lying outside the borders of national jurisdiction, it is not easy to preserve them healthy and secure as the ‘shared responsibility’ is not recognized unambiguously in the global world. The recent turn to the maritime sphere is visible in the UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development that has been widely advocated by the EU. READ MORE

  4. 3. Cooperating over the Commons in the Climate-Migration-Conflict Nexus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nordgren Daniela; [2018]
    Keywords : commons; common-pool resources; Mauritania; Senegal River; climate change; migration; cooperation; conflict;

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  5. 4. Inter-annual memory effects between soil moisture and NDVI in the Sahel

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Yang Zhou; [2013]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science; GEM; memory effect; soil moisture; Sahel; rainfall; land cover; soil type; remote sensing; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Sahel lies in the semi-arid zone of North Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the savannas and rainforest to the south. In the Sahel, the variability of vegetation growth is predominately controlled by moisture reception in the concurrent rainy season. READ MORE

  6. 5. Wind Energy Assessment in Africa; A GIS-based approach

    University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

    Author : Dimitrios Mentis; [2013]
    Keywords : Wind power; Africa; potential; GIS; Renewables mapping;

    Abstract : This study analyses the potential of onshore wind power on the African continent. Appropriate socio-economic and geographical constraints as well as current technology’s efficiencies are applied in order to reach the desired result. READ MORE