Essays about: "Peru"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 160 essays containing the word Peru.
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31. Political Risk in Asset Pricing - Evidence from Latin America: An Empirical Study of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Project valuation in emerging markets is an important issue in international business. Practitioners and academics usually suggest adjusting the discount rate with the sovereign yield spread to capture political risk in the valuation. READ MORE
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32. The effects of the Venezuelan diaspora on Peru’s labour market: Evidence from the enaction of a Temporary Stay Permit to Venezuelan migrants
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : In January 2017, amidst the ongoing social strife in Venezuela, the Peruvian government enacted a working permit “Permiso Temporal de Permanencia” endowing Venezuelan migrants with the right to work and with access to health and education services. Given the spatial concentration of Venezuelan migrants in Peru and the clear temporal cut I unfold a difference-in-differences methodology to exploit the differences in the labor market before and after the policy was introduced at the individual level. READ MORE
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33. Groundwater resources and vulnerability for mountain communities in the Andes
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : The purpose of the thesis is to review the effect of ongoing climate change and population growth ongroundwater resources of Katari Basin (Bolivian Andes) and the consequence of reduced groundwaterresources on the quality of water. El Alto city, situated in the Katari basin is most vulnerable to thewater shortage because of climate change and high population growth rate. READ MORE
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34. A hidden (re)connection is stronger than an obvious one : ‘the arts’ of channeling social learning in Southern marginalized communities
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Marginalized communities in Southern contexts are among those most vulnerable to the effects of our drastically changing climate and environmental systems. Therefore, pathways leading to the transformation of our unsustainable systems, structures, and behaviors affecting these communities must be explored. READ MORE
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35. Bracing for the inevitable: An exploratory multi-case study of local climate change adaptation plans
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Vulnerability to climate change and the capacity to adapt to it are the result of intersecting power structures, system dynamics, and social identity markers otherwise known as intersectionality; and thus, differ greatly between contexts. However, despite the stark contextual differences between small and metropolitan cities, and lower and higher income countries, the policy and study of climate change adaptive planning has often focused on capital cities and technocratic solutions as a default blueprint for adaptation processes. READ MORE
