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1. 16. The Relationship Between International Investment Arbitration and Environmental Protection: Charting the Inherent Shortcomings

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Tina Asgharian; [2020]
   Keywords : public; international; law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Approximately 3000 international investment agreements (IIAs), mostly bilateral investment treaties, have been designed since the 1960’s to promote and protect foreign investment across the world. In case of a dispute, the agreements provide for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in an arbitration tribunal. READ MORE

3. 17. Assessing the development and climate finance for renewable energy: An application of effectiveness framework for the case of Mongolia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Delgermaa Begz; [2020]
   Keywords : development finance; climate finance; renewable energy; Mongolia; effectiveness principles; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : To accelerate sustainable development and mitigate climate change, an increasing amount of finance is being mobilized for the deployment of renewable energy (RE) in developing countries from bilateral and multilateral donors and climate funds. Even though this trend is present in Mongolia, there is still a lack of knowledge about how effective these efforts have been for renewable energy development in the country. READ MORE

4. 18. Justifying Japan’s Securitized ODA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Wichuta Teeratanabodee; [2020]
   Keywords : securitization of aid; Official Development Assistance; Japan’s ODA; bilateral aid; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. READ MORE

5. 19. All bark and no bite? : European Union Human Rights and Democracy Advocacy & Development Aid: A case study of Myanmar and the Rohingya

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Nora Nattorp; [2019]
   Keywords : Development aid; human rights; Myanmar; European Union; normative power;

   Abstract : The principles of human rights and democracy have been of great importance for a long time and for many actors globally, especially for the European Union. This paper has the purpose of examining the European Union’s bilateral development aid and its relation to the organisation's human rights and democracy promotion. READ MORE

6. 20. Development Cooperation as a Soft Power Tool: A case study of Slovakia & Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Denisa Mockova; [2018]
   Keywords : soft power; development cooperation; small states; foreign policy; social constructivism; Kenya; Slovakia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Slovakia has as a small state in the Central Europe gone through two types of transformations. First was from socialism to democracy, accompanied by various reforms, the second from an aid recipient to an aid donor. These experiences have, naturally, shaped Slovakia's identity, ideas and interests. READ MORE