Essays about: "Privatization"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 142 essays containing the word Privatization.
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6. Independent Schools and Academic Achievement: A Synthetic Control Approach on Swedish Municipalities
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : During the early 1990's, the Swedish school system underwent a period of groundbreaking reforms, including the contentious independent school reform. The reforms coincided with a decline of Swedish results in international educational assessments, leading to a debate on whether independent schools positively or negatively contribute to students learning. READ MORE
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7. Diversifying a Real Estate Portfolio Through Infrastructure Investment : An Interview Study of Opportunities and Challenges in the Nordics
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : Since the financial crisis infrastructure has become an increasingly attractive asset class for investors, especially among financial institutions, who recognize the value of diversification opportunities within infrastructure. In parallel with the emergence of infrastructure as an investable asset class, the global financial turbulence has generated even greater incentives for investors to diversify their portfolios with infrastructure, as the asset class exhibits characteristics to navigate in a more challenging economic environment. READ MORE
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8. Military Outsourcing To Blackwater : Factors And Perceptions Influencing The Congressional Hearing On U.S. Foreign Policy In Iraq
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the factors and perceptions surrounding the privatization and outsourcing of governmental military functions to Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), with a specific focus on Blackwater’s involvement in Iraq. It analyzes a 2007 Congressional hearing, a significant event in the PMSC discussion. READ MORE
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9. ‘In a Way, We Live in a Bubble, and the Outside World is Watching Us.’ : - A Qualitative Case Study on Young Adults’ Views on Communication and (Social) Investment Processes in the Area of Rosengård.
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The residential area of Rosengård in Malmö – Sweden, is one of the many areas included in the ‘million programme’, a program that in the 1960s focused on building a million new homes over ten years in Sweden, meant to provide cheap housing options for the rapidly growing population. Today, areas like Rosengård and the program are often associated with immigrant-dense segregated residential areas with high crime and socio-economic problems. READ MORE
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10. Climate, Coloniality and Financialization: A Decolonial Analysis of Global Climate Finance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Providing adequate climate finance, meaning funding for mitigation, adaptation or loss and damage, has been very high on the global policy agenda recently. The political economy and ecology behind it are much more complex and morally multidimensional than the mainstream finance world likes to present it though, which results in grave colonial injustices, international debt crises, deepened global inequalities and heightened climate vulnerabilities. READ MORE
