Essays about: "Official Development Assistance"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 51 essays containing the words Official Development Assistance.

1. 31. Less is less? – A comparative case study of Finnish NGOs’ exit strategies after the cut of Finland's official development assistance in 2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Mariem Nicole Sene; [2017]
   Keywords : Resource Dependence Theory; Exit strategy; Donor exit; Development aid cut; Finnish development policy; Finnish Civil Society; Sustainability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The relationship between a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and a government can be unpredictable, which could complicate the NGO’s operations in a resource dependent environment. If a government decides to abruptly cut its official development assistance allocation towards the civil society; does that not only reflect the government’s new development policy but it might also jeopardize the continuity of civil society organizations’ activities. READ MORE

3. 32. Swedish Foreign Aid Policy, Narrative Analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Astghik Sahakyan; [2017]
   Keywords : Sweden; foreign aid; narrative analysis; European Studies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper will examine the Swedish Foreign Aid policy, particularly those values it was based on. It will attempt to discover how the narrative of foreign aid was affected after the accession to the European Union and how the European values were reflected in national foreign aid policy. READ MORE

4. 33. Aid and Capital Investment - Effects of sector allocated aid on firm-level investment in the Least Developed Countries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Kristoffer Johansson; [2016]
   Keywords : Foreign aid; Official Development Assistance; Firm capital investment; Constraints to private sector; Least Developed Countries; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper explores the impact of foreign aid on firm investment in physical capital using a dataset of 10 783 firms in 21 of the least developed countries. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys combined with sector allocated Official Development Assistance obtained from OECD CRS, no significant effect of aid was found. READ MORE

5. 34. Aiding Democracy in Tension: A study of the relationship between Official Development Assistance and Quality of Democracy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt; [2016]
   Keywords : Democracy; Democratic quality; Development; Foreign aid; Trade-offs; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to bring further understanding to the contested relationship between development aid and democracy. By introducing quality of democracy as an alternate measure to the ones previously used, the ambition is to approach the subject from a new perspective. READ MORE

6. 35. Turkey’s ‘New Role’ Creation under AKP Leadership : Relationship between decision-maker’s perceptions and state’s international performance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

   Author : Bahra Saleh; [2015]
   Keywords : national role conceptions; Role theory; official development assistance ODA ; Turkey; Foreign policy; neo-Ottomanism.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis, in its general framework, explores the recent transformation of Turkey’s role in international sphere under the ruling AKP government. Upon the rise of rise of AKP to power in 2002, the tradition of Turkey’s foreign policy orientations underwent significant transformations and challenges which signified the country’s ambition to adopt a ‘new role’ in the regional and international contexts. READ MORE