Essays about: "Official Development Assistance"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 51 essays containing the words Official Development Assistance.

1. 41. Does Swedish aid help or hinder bilateral trade : An empirical study on the effect of Official Development Assistance and Aid for Trade

   University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Louise Skärvall; [2012]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : A growing consensus regarding the positive benefits of trade has during the last decades attracted actors from the developing world to enter the world market.  Official Development Assistance (ODA) and more especially Aid for Trade (AfT) have thus come to play an important role in development strategies. READ MORE

3. 42. Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia - Challenges for Change

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

   Author : MIKAEL ÅHLIN; [2011]
   Keywords : Internal displacement; IDPs; Zugdidi; Samegrelo; Georgia; Caucasus; Megrelian; Mingrelian; Internally Displaced Persons;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on global and local level. The researchquestion deals with the problems associated with IDPs - what challenges IDPs are facing and thefuture prospects for IDPs worldwide and on local level in the Samegrelo region in Georgia. READ MORE

4. 43. Aid and Credit Ratings. Evidence from Assistance To Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Volkmar Baur; [2011]
   Keywords : Africa; Sovereign Credit Ratings; Official Development Assistance; Foreign Aid;

   Abstract : Sovereign Credit Ratings are an important instrument by which market participants interpret the associated risk with holding debt of a given country. The rating therefore has a significant influence on a country's ability to tap into international debt markets, and the costs associated with doing so. READ MORE

5. 44. Witness Protection in International Criminal Court

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Romina Beqiri; [2011]
   Keywords : rights of the accused; international criminal court; witness protection measures; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The witness is universally considered to be one the most instruments to ascertain the truth in criminal proceedings or as Bentham says “Witnesses are the eyes and the ears of justice.” Under the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s legal framework, witnesses who testify before the Court, persons at risk and their interaction with the Court because of testimony at the ICC are entitled to the protection of the Court not as a party, rather than an instrument to produce evidence. READ MORE

6. 45. Corporate Povery Reduction : Perspectives on collaboration between CSR and Development Assistance

   University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

   Author : Sophia Bengtsson; Kajsa Hansson; [2010]
   Keywords : corproate social responsibility; development assistance; sustainable development; poverty eradication; corporate social responsibility; bistånd; hållbar utveckling; fattigdomsbekämpning;

   Abstract : Traditionally, governments are the main providers of development assistance and re-sponsible for stimulating social development in the third world. In recent years, Corpo-rate Social Responsibility has gained considerable ground and it is now common for corporations to get involved in activities resembling those carried out in the name of development assistance. READ MORE