Essays about: "Sri Lanka development"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 59 essays containing the words Sri Lanka development.

1. 11. Repainting the Rainbow: A Postcolonial Analysis on the Politics of the LGBTQ Movement in Colombo, Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Joshua Arteta; [2019]
   Keywords : LGBTQ; LGBTQ activism; Sri Lanka; social movement theory; grievances; collective identity; strategy; postcolonial theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : LGBTQ issues have been mainstreamed in media and academic literature, especially in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, where homosexuality has been said to be criminalized through the commonly known “sodomy laws”. This has fueled an international social movement, led by Western human rights organizations, with cultural, political and economic goals seeking to advance LGBTQ rights globally. READ MORE

3. 12. The importance of buffalo milk in the curd manufacture of Sri Lanka

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Jennifer Hallqvist; [2019]
   Keywords : Sri Lanka; curd; Meekiri; Deekiri; buffalo milk; milk composition; milk fat; fermented milk products;

   Abstract : Sri Lanka is a developing country located south of India, in the Indian ocean. It is a country with multiple cultures, ethnicities and languages, and it is rated as “high” on the Human Development Index (HDI). The total population is 20.9 million, of which 28% are employed in the agricultural primary production. READ MORE

4. 13. Backpacker Tourism and Local Community Development: An Analysis of Hostels as Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Gayani Siriwardena; [2019]
   Keywords : Backpacker tourism; Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice; Hostels; Livelihoods; Local communities; Networks; Poverty reduction; Sri Lanka; Tourism industry policy framework; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is an attempt to understand if hostels, being an essential component of the infrastructural support for backpacker tourism have been instrumental in lifting up local communities in light of socio-economic development. The analysis strives to explore not only the contours of change in the community level but also the changes in the institutions and structures within which the tourism industry operates to understand how the hostel communities create their own structures through exercising power, which is a manifestation of how capitals are accumulated and transformed. READ MORE

5. 14. A case study on the combined system of a rooftop photovoltaic system and an electric vehicle in Sri Lanka

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Ellen Ejnarsson; Olivia Zetterberg; [2018]
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   Abstract : Kampen för en bättre miljö pågår världen över. Många länder har satt upp egna klimatmål varav ett stort antal nationer stiftade sina bidrag under klimatkonferensen i Paris 2015 och däribland Sri Lanka. READ MORE

6. 15. Open Source Energy Model for the Electricity Sector of Sri Lanka

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : T.L.B. Attanayaka; [2018]
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   Abstract : A long term generation expansion model for the electricity sector of Sri Lanka was developed in this thesis. The model provides the least cost development pathways to cater the future electricity demand within the user defined constraints that need to be adhered. READ MORE