Essays about: "aid trap"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words aid trap.

1. 1. A qualitative study of foreign aid and China’s role in economic and human development in Zambia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Sue-Ellen Njekwa Ryberg; [2024-01-26]
   Keywords : Zambia; foreign aid; development; dependency; debt trap; Chinese loans;

   Abstract : The precedent of unrivaled lending in Zambia, to a great degree, and courtesy to the World Bank, has generated a normative and financial frame that puts forward economic prosperity as only being made manifest through lending in perpetuality. Zambia has in recent decades found itself in between both West and East spheres of power in terms of foreign aid and this has had an impact on its development. READ MORE

3. 2. Feeding the hungry or feeding dependency?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Desirée Pettersson; [2022]
   Keywords : Dependency; food insecurity; community development; COVID-19 in townships; food-for-work programs; feeding schemes; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Is food aid a catalyst for recovery following external shocks? Can it serve community development in persistently food insecure areas in the long run, or does it create a dependency trap? This research aims to provide insights into these questions by conducting a case study of a soup kitchen in the South African township Masakhane that was established as an emergency response following COVID-19. The findings suggest that perceptions upon the nature of dependency are significantly time-dependent and volatile. READ MORE

4. 3. Simulations of current transport phenomena in ferroelectric tunnel junctions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

   Author : Ivan Lubar; [2022]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Ferroelectric memories pose as a potential candidate as resistive memory devices that could be used for in-memory computing and artificial synapses. One promising type of ferroelectric memory device is the ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ). READ MORE

5. 4. All Roads Lead To China : A case study on Nigeria’s HIV epidemic and the effect of One Belt One Road:How does China’s One Belt One Road Initiative affect Nigeria’s HIV epidemic?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Laura Bosma; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Nigeria is home to the second-largest HIV epidemic in the world. Due to its neglected healthcare system, dwindling economy and persistent cultural beliefs, and stigmatization of people with HIV, the virus has been transmitted relatively freely for decades. READ MORE

6. 5. Design and development of an automated rat trap for sewage system

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Vallabh Venkatachalam; [2021]
   Keywords : Rat trap; automated trap; sewage systems; mechanical rat trap; Råttfälla; automatiserad fälla; avloppssystem; mekanisk råttfälla;

   Abstract : This thesis report describes the design and development of an automated rat trap for sewage system. This rat trap has been designed to have a working duration of 2 months or approximately 15749 hits with trap dimensions length 535 mm, width 430 mm and a height range of 931 – 1151 mm with respect to different sewer pipe diameters. READ MORE