Essays about: "Poverty Reduction"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 205 essays containing the words Poverty Reduction.
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11. WOMEN´S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND LOWERED SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS UNDER THE CONTEXT OF CORRUPTION. A quantitative cross-country study of the effect of women´s political empowerment on socio-economic barriers moderated by corruption
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis theorizes that higher levels of women’s political empowerment (WPE) lower socio-economic barriers to development across countries and that this is moderated by countries’ level of corruption. Using cross-sectional data from more than 100 transitioning and developing countries from 2009 and 2014 this thesis develops upon the results of previous research on WPE and poverty reduction under different contexts by extending the analysis to include a measurement of political empowerment including both empowerment in official political positions, formal empowerment, and as political empowerment of ordinary citizens in civil society, informal empowerment. READ MORE
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12. The Effect of Trade on Poverty Reduction : A panel data study on trade's effect on poverty, investigating the different impacts between high- and low-income countries
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, NationalekonomiAbstract : Poverty is a global issue that has been targeted to be eradicated completely. This study examines the causal effect of trade on poverty and its reduction by using panel data for 195 countries over the time of 32 years. READ MORE
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13. Ett nyliberalt skifte i Tanzania? : en WPR-analys av ledarkrönikor i tanzanisk statsägd media
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Denna uppsats undersöker huruvida Tanzanias president Samia Suluhu Hassan har en nyliberal inställning till utländska direktinvesteringar. Ledarkrönikor från den statligt ägda tidningen Daily News analyseras med hjälp av WPR-metoden, en definition av nyliberalism inklusive de två begreppen anti-politics och render technical. READ MORE
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14. Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Poverty
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The availability of energy is an overarching measure connected to various aspects of poverty. Energy Poverty, as a concept, captures the deprivation of access to energy, clean and safe fuels and end-appliances. READ MORE
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15. FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONS AND POVERTY REDUCTION : AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU; Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between financial development and poverty fora sample of SSA countries while taking into account an interaction effect between thefinancial sector and the institutional framework, which is thought to be causing someomitted variable bias in previous studies. The study covers the period 2000–2019. READ MORE