Essays about: "bottom billion"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words bottom billion.

  1. 11. Landfill Mining: Prospecting metal in Gärstad landfill

    University essay from Industriell miljöteknik; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Ariana Tanha; Daniel Zarate; [2012]
    Keywords : waste;  landfill;  landfill mining;  material flow analysis;  metals;  metal stocks;  ashes. ;

    Abstract : All processes in society produce waste. In nature, the waste is normally used as a resource for another process, but in human societies waste is often discarded. These discarded materials end up in places for depositing waste known as landfills. READ MORE

  3. 12. Unseen and unheard : how Dalits are represented in three Indian newspapers

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

    Author : Joanna Wåhlstedt; [2012]
    Keywords : caste system; Dalits; development; India; media; minorities;

    Abstract : India has a population of 1, 2 billion people, and the country also has a great poor populationwhere 70 % still live in rural areas. The poorest are often Dalits, once called the untouchablesand they constitute one sixth, 167 million people, of India’s inhabitants. READ MORE

  4. 13. Do We Really Know Why the Poorest Countries are Failing? : A Study of Collier’s The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Malin Bohlers; [2012]
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    Abstract : In this deductive study, Paul Collier’s claims regarding poverty are tested. Collier claims in The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it (2008) that the poorest 58 countries today are poor because they are stuck in one or several traps. READ MORE

  5. 14. Crossing the chasm : Launching and re-launching in the Swedish mobile phone industry

    University essay from IHH, EMM (Entrepreneurskap, Marknadsföring, Management)

    Author : Justus Leistén; Magnus Nilsson; [2009]
    Keywords : High Technology strategies; Crossing the chasm; Swedish mobile phone industry; launching and re-launching; the whole product concept; the technological life cycle;

    Abstract : The 1990s is commonly referred as the Golden Age for High Technology and during this time the industry grew with a rapid speed. As a result, the consumers were presented with a various number of innovative products such as the Internet, computers and mobile phones. READ MORE

  6. 15. Profit for the poor : Sustainable Market Development in BOP Markets

    University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Christian Rost; Erik Ydrén; [2006]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Emerging Countries; Private sector; Poverty;

    Abstract : There are 4 billion poor living on 2 dollars or less per day that make up the bottom of the economic pyramid (BOP). If a company calculates their aggregated purchasing power they could be a huge and profitable market. READ MORE