Essays about: "Structural reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words Structural reform.

  1. 1. Women’s representation in local governance: A case study on the effects of quota implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Wigren; [2023]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; quota; electoral reform; women’s substantive representation; politics of presence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A qualitative case study set in Colombo, Sri Lanka focusing on women’s representation in local governance. The essay follows the aftermath of the country’s newly implemented electoral reform, which since 2018 resulted in a mixed- member-proportional electoral system with a gender quota. READ MORE

  3. 2. Farm Mechanisation, Agricultural Productivity and Structural Change in India: A State-Level Analysis of Post-Reform Period

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sai Chandan Kotu; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Agriculture in India is characterised by low productivity, and structural change has been slow and unconventional. Nevertheless, at state-level one can identify different patterns for these process. READ MORE

  4. 3. T HE GENDER EQUALITY CHARADE A Critical Perspective on the Adoption and Implementation of 40/60 Gender Quota in Malawi

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Tawonga Tiwonerepo Nyirongo; [2022-11-02]
    Keywords : Gender Quota; Gender Equality Policy; Donor Aid;

    Abstract : While gender quotas have been widely adopted by countries around the world as an affirmative action to enhance women’s participation and representation in politics and other public spheres, the impact of the phenomenon continue to vary across national borders. Notably, substantive research suggests that gender quotas promote representational equality and improve women's participation in politics and other spheres of public life. READ MORE

  5. 4. A CASE STUDY OF ATTACKS AND PROTECTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN POST-EUROMAIDAN UKRAINE

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Louise Helen Elisabeth Nilsson; [2022-01-21]
    Keywords : human rights defenders; protections; security; attacks;

    Abstract : The efforts of human rights defenders play a crucial part in advancing human rights around the world. For these efforts, many defenders are at risk. In light of many attacks in recent years, it is clear that defenders are not as safe as they need to be. READ MORE

  6. 5. Improper Structural Transformation & Stagnant Manufacturing in Post-Independence India: The Role of Agriculture and Inter-Sectoral Linkages

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sai Chandan Kotu; [2022]
    Keywords : Input-Output Matrices; Structural Transformation; Ordinary Least Squares; Agricultural Productivity; Capital Formation; Domestic-Market Linkages; Sustainable and Resilient Structural Change; Services-led growth.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : India is witnessing an unconventional pattern of structural change – involving a shift to services-dominated economy at lower income per-capita than early industrialisers. Despite significant policy rhetoric on industrialisation, the sector’s share in both value-added and employment has stagnated remarkably. READ MORE