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1. 21. Multi-criteria GIS analysis for school site selection in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Irshad Jamal; [2016]
   Keywords : multi-criteria decision analysis; Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis; GIS; school site selection; disaster risk reduction; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Introduction The aim of this study is to determine the locations for school construction in two isolated mountainous communities in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) – Khorog and Porshnev towns. In recent decades, this region has become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. READ MORE

3. 22. Decentralization or Manipulation? An Analysis of Change within Pasture Management Institutions in Tajikistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Isabel Roberth; [2015]
   Keywords : institutional change; Tajikistan; pastures; decentralization; natural resource management; institutional barriers to development; institutional ambiguity; natural resource governance; Central Asia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study discusses how different agents shape institutional change in Tajikistan, and ultimately how this affects the process of decentralization within pasture management institutions. The purpose of this thesis is to explore how decentralization takes place in the context of institutional change, and to increase our understanding of the potential barriers to the effective decentralization of natural resources. READ MORE

4. 23. Behind the mask

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Augusto Bozzi; [2015]
   Keywords : Coping Strategies; Labour Migrants; Vulnerability; Tuberculosis; Food Security; Tajikistan; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : By using Tajikistan as a case, this study adopted a qualitative approach to understand the different dimensions which make households of migrants with tuberculosis vulnerable to food insecurity. A vulnerability framework was used to identify the risks that tuberculosis poses on households’ availability, accessibility and utilization of food. READ MORE

5. 24. Remittances and welfare in Tajikistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Rodolfo Eduardo Herrera Martinez; [2015]
   Keywords : Tajikistan; school enrollment; inequality; poverty; remittances; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In many developing countries, migration and remittances have become an important option for households facing poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities. This raises the question of how effective this strategy is in improving welfare in countries sending migrants abroad and receiving remittances back. READ MORE

6. 25. Working far away from home: exploring factors behind Tajik external labour migration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Andrei Krasnyansky; [2015]
   Keywords : macro-; external labour migration; structuration model of international migration; local- and individual level factors of migration; Tajikistan; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : International labour migration is claimed to be the dominant type of international movement of people in the modern world which is characterized by the process of globalization. Tajikistan is one of the countries for which external labour emigration is of crucial importance. READ MORE