Essays about: "bottom billion"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words bottom billion.

1. 6. Financial Inclusion in the Age of FinTech: A multiple case study of FinTech companies’ role for financial inclusion in India

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Vincent Thermaenius; Levi Östling; [2018-08-02]
   Keywords : financial inclusion; FinTech; business models; bottom of the pyramid; financial industry;

   Abstract : Today, there exists a global problem of financial exclusion, meaning that over two billion people and 200 million micro, small and medium-sized businesses have limited access, or no access at all, to basic formal financial services and products. The problem of financial exclusion is most severe in developing countries and despite various initiatives undertaken by governments and NGOs, the progress towards financial inclusion has been slow. READ MORE

3. 7. Building a circular economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Eray Eryilmaz; Simon Andersson; [2018]
   Keywords : Circular economy; Reuse; DfD; LCA; LCC.; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The construction sector is one of the biggest contributors to global CO2 emissions and buildings account for a significant part of the energy use in Sweden. Population growth in combination with economic development is putting more pressure on the environment, resulting in escalating consumption trends and larger quantities of raw material extraction. READ MORE

4. 8. The value of perfect information : application to the uncertain time lag of benefits from abatement in the Baltic Sea

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Lanya Kawa; [2016]
   Keywords : abatement; eutrophication; irreversibility; quasi option value; value of information;

   Abstract : Eutrophication from nitrogen and phosphorus has damaged the Baltic Sea, leaving large sea bottom areas without biological life, thus changing the marine ecosystem, and triggering the growth of toxic algae. Despite efforts to curb this pollution, the sea remains eutrophic. READ MORE

5. 9. The Aid Trap - A theory developing study of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Isabelle Rothstein; [2014]
   Keywords : Cambodia; aid dependence; post-conflictual; aid trap; foreign aid; bottom billion; theory development; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. READ MORE

6. 10. Organizing for value creation : a corporate perspective on urban farming

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Sofie Engberg; [2012]
   Keywords : hybrid organisations; local food production; Plantagon; sustainable city development; the triple bottom line; urban agriculture; urban farming; value creation;

   Abstract : In the year 1800, about 5 % of the world population lived in cities (World Wide Fund for Nature, 2012, 3). Today that number is about 70 % in Europe and North America, and in 2050 it is expected to be 86 % in the developed world and 67 % in the developing world (www, UN, 2009). In addition, the global population is expected to increase with 2. READ MORE