Essays about: "ODA"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 53 essays containing the word ODA.

1. 21. A fall from grace? : A case study of Sweden’s official development assistance to primary education in the 2000s and 2010s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Albert Askeljung; [2021]
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   Abstract : Official Development Assistance (ODA) to primary education has constituted a significant portion of Sweden’s ODA since the 1960s. Sweden is a strong advocate of aid to primary education and for many years, support to primary education was a priority across Sweden’s many partner countries. READ MORE

3. 22. Are we Making Promises without Proof? : An empirical analysis of the impacts that democracy support and aid targeting education have on democratization

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ruth Björklöv; [2020]
   Keywords : foreign aid; aid effectiveness; democratization; democracy aid; education aid;

   Abstract : As democracy promotion has become an increasingly important aspect on the agenda of foreign aid donors, and since such prioritization of funding comes at the expense of other development areas, it is arguably of interest for donors as well as researchers to investigate its actual impact on democratization. This study endeavors to examine the influence of two types of foreign assistance that could potentially contribute to a democratic development, directlythrough democracy support and indirectly through aid focused on education. READ MORE

4. 23. Justifying Japan’s Securitized ODA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Wichuta Teeratanabodee; [2020]
   Keywords : securitization of aid; Official Development Assistance; Japan’s ODA; bilateral aid; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. READ MORE

5. 24. Do political instiutions affact the impact of Official Development Assistance success on poverty reduction?

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Ugo Couton; Tian Yuan; [2020]
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   Abstract : The United Nations, in their 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, states that “eradicatingpoverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest globalchallenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development”. Hence, as it is aglobal challenge, we have decided to investigate how can the efforts to address this issue withofficial development assistance could be facilitated or mitigated by democracy and stronginstitutions. READ MORE

6. 25. Characterization of γ-rays at MAST

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad kärnfysik

   Author : Erik Blom; [2019]
   Keywords : fusion; MAST; MAST upgrade; neutron collimated flux monitor; neutron camera; gamma-ray;

   Abstract : The γ-ray characterizing possibility of the neutron collimated flux monitor (in short, Neutron Camera) at the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) is explored. Typically used to monitor neutron emission, the Neutron Camera has excellent neutron/γ-ray discrimination properties and thus presents the opportunity to measure spatially and temporally resolved γ-ray emission - a possibility of an additional fusion diagnostics method with already existing equipment. READ MORE