Essays about: "Oil and Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words Oil and Africa.

  1. 1. A Conflict of Intent? Protective Agency Surrounding the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Patrick Mukanza; [2023-02-16]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the role of change agency and reproductive agency in the literature on evolutionary economic geography (EEG). Using these two concepts as a basis, this thesis introduces the concept of protective agency. READ MORE

  3. 2. Turning Oil Into Water : Water security in the Middle East and North Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Salberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Water security; peak oil; desalination;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between oil supply and water security in the Middle East and North Africa. The aim is to see if countries without oil have a harder time mitigating water scarcity, as well as if countries with oil can be expected to become more vulnerable when oil becomes scarcer. READ MORE

  4. 3. Development of a Semisolid Baobab-based Protein Snack

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : David Bergman; Olle Wikner; [2022]
    Keywords : Baobab; Protein; Plant protein; Oat; Pea; Rheology; Development; Innovation; PDCAAS; Gel; Protein solubility; Food technology; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis was done in collaboration with the department of Food Technology at LTH, Aventure AB, and Arwa Foodtech AB. The aim of the project was to develop the base for a baobab based, spoonable protein snack, comparable to quarg but free from ingredients of animal origin. READ MORE

  5. 4. Deepening or Dampening the Resource Curse? The effects of Chinese lending on the resource curse in African countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Timothy Littorin Liljerehn; [2022]
    Keywords : Resource curse; Chinese lending; China; Africa; Natural resource dependency; Angola; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Natural resource abundant countries, especially ones rich in oil, tend to suffer from political and economical problems as an effect of their resource wealth. This phenomenon has been observed and studied by many scholars and has been labelled the “Resource curse”. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Slippery Slope of Oil - Estimating the future GDP of Nigeria with uni- and multivariate approaches

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Clara Karlsson Schedvin; [2021]
    Keywords : Nigeria; Forecasting; GDP; ARIMA; VAR; Oil; Population; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Nigeria is, by population, the largest country in Africa and their economic growth will be a key part in the world reaching the goals of eradicating poverty. This paper investigates the economic growth performance of Nigeria and the relationship between oil and the GDP performance by using growth accounting, ARIMA, VAR and VEC models. READ MORE