Essays about: "about philippines"

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1. 16. Women's political representation in the Philippines : A study about gender equality in the government of the Philippines

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd

   Author : Sara Souad Lundgren; Vaida Petrosiute; [2017]
   Keywords : gender equality in politics; women’s political representation; horizontal and vertical segregation;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to understand and analyze the present situation of gender equality in politics in the Philippines, investigate women's opportunities to be politically active and to exercise political influence. Finally find out if there is a difference in horizontal and vertical positions between women's and men's representation in politics and investigate further possibilities and problems that might be associated with women's political representation in the Philippines. READ MORE

3. 17. Financing peace : Examining the effects of economic decentralization within territorial power sharing arrangements

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Gulnar Mammadova; [2016]
   Keywords : territorial power sharing; regional autonomy; economic decentralization;

   Abstract : The empirical evidence and the academic literature point to the opposed directions on the capability of the territorial arrangements to extenuate conflict in ethnically divided and civil war-worn countries. Little is known about the diverse capacities of the territorial power sharing arrangements in diminishing violence in the post-conflict societies. READ MORE

4. 18. Philippines, the world’s largest labor exporter – a story about the left-behind children. : A qualitative study of how teachers perceive that left-behind children are affected.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan

   Author : Amanda Isaksson Castro; [2015]
   Keywords : “left-behind”; child*; attachment*; “attachment theory”; Philippines; school*;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how the Filipino children are affected when either one or both of their parents are living and working abroad based from a teacher’s point of view. Focus is directed towards influences on the daily life of children. READ MORE

5. 19. A Study of a Relationship Between The U.S. Stock Market and Emerging Stock Markets in Southeast Asia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Tanyatorn Suppakittiwong; Sornsita Aimprasittichai; [2015]
   Keywords : Stock Market Integration; Structural Break; The Subprime Crisis; Diversification; Co-Movement; Gregory and Hansen Cointegration Test; Error Correction Model ECM ;

   Abstract : Resulting from the deregulation and prosperity of the economic and financial sectors in Asia during 1980s, a significant increase in cross-bordered financial transactions ultimately accelerated the region of Southeast Asia to be on a process of financial integration and consequently diminished opportunities for portfolio diversification. Financial Integration is a multidimensional process through which allocation of financial assets becomes lastly borderless. READ MORE

6. 20. Power to the Philippines - A life cycle assessment study comparing renewable and non-renewable off grid energy supply systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem; Lunds universitet/Ekosystemteknik (CI)

   Author : Sebastian Engström; Simon Berglund; [2015]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The Philippines is an island nation in South East Asia consisting of more than 7 000 separate islands. The Philippines is the country in the world that is most often struck by tropical storm; every year between 6 and 9 typhoons hit land in the Philippines. READ MORE