Essays about: "Official Development Assistance"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 51 essays containing the words Official Development Assistance.

1. 26. What is the cost of ending extreme poverty? : A study estimating the amount of official development assistance per capita and year required to eradicate extreme poverty for all people in Nigeria by 2030

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Pauline Lövgren; [2019]
   Keywords : Nigeria; Official Development Assistance; Poverty; Sustainable Development Goals;

   Abstract : This paper aims to estimate how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) per capita and year is required to eradicate extreme poverty for all people in Nigeria by 2030 and hence achieve the first target of the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 1) in Nigeria. This is done with a method proposed by Kakwani and Son (2006) estimating headcount ratio, required growth rates, investment rates and ODA in order to achieve the first target of SDG 1. READ MORE

3. 27. Evaluating the inclusion of sanitation and wastewater in climate policy and finance

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Moustafa Bayoumi; [2019]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sanitation; Wastewater; Climate Change; Climate Finance.;

   Abstract : Sanitation is critical for sustainable development. However, the current systems in place are vulnerable to future risks. One of the main risks expected to have severe effects on the earth systems and our societies is climate change. If not dealt with, it threats to hinder or even reverse the progress done in sanitation access so far. READ MORE

4. 28. The Role of Official Development Assistance and Private Capital Flows in Sub-Saharan African Structural Change: A time series analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Jerrel King; [2018]
   Keywords : Structural change; Official Development Assistance; private capital flows; financial flows; time series; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : External financial flows geared towards Sub-Saharan Africa have provided new financing for investment opportunities, beyond the resources that are scarcely available domestically. Within the greater context of structural transformation in today’s globalized world, this thesis studied the dynamic effects of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and private capital flows on structural change in Sub-Saharan Africa using Vector Autoregressive and Vector Error Correction models. READ MORE

5. 29. The determinants of Swedish aid flows between 1976 and 2015.

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Nils Larsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Foreign Aid; Economic Development; International Political Economy;

   Abstract : Sweden is one of the world's most important aid donors relative to the size of its economy, with Official Development Assistance (ODA) flows reaching 1.40 percent of GNI in 2015. READ MORE

6. 30. The Impact of Remittances on the Economic Growth of Developing Countries: A Literature Review

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Lucas Waldem Zanforlini; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Firms, financial institutions and governments have been the main source for international financial flows to developing countries. Moreover, from the late 1990s remittances sent from migrants abroad to their home countries became a vital source of income as they exceed official development assistance or aids. READ MORE