Essays about: "challenges of unemployment"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 35 essays containing the words challenges of unemployment.

  1. 26. Competitive Global Ports for Regional Economic Development : The Port of Valencia

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Mario Sánchez Brox; [2014]
    Keywords : regional development; port; logistics; institutional economics; structure of provision;

    Abstract : Face to high unemployment and GDP stagnation, competitive ports bear potential positive impacts on regional economic development over their hinterland. Ports are conceived as nodes in global supply chains basing their competitiveness in deriving location, infrastructure, connectivity and supply chain integration advantages for logistics operators. READ MORE

  3. 27. Små ingrepp med stora steg mot förändring : ett utvecklingsförslag i Durban, Sydafrika

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Madelaine From Björk; Jenny Lindqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : Durban; Warwick Junction; arkitekttävling; stadsplanering; gestaltning;

    Abstract : Durban, South Africa’s third-largest city is a socially segregated post apartheid society, struggling with high unemployment and AIDS. The city becomes even more complex with a changing climate, creating an influx of people to the city, putting scarce resources under further stress. READ MORE

  4. 28. Transitioning to Adulthood: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Young People Leaving Care. A qualitative study in Hamburg.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Julia Ahrens; [2013-08-08]
    Keywords : Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Young People; Youth; Transition to Adulthood; Social Capital;

    Abstract : International research has shown that care leavers face a series of complex transition tasks on their way to adulthood. They have to master these with less emotional and financial support than their peers with access to family support. Consequently they are at higher risk of homelessness, unemployment and social exclusion. READ MORE

  5. 29. Understanding Innovation Clusters, An Exploratory Study of Israel and Southern

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Johannes Ivarsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Cluster; Innovation System; Innovation; Entrepreneur; Silicon Wadi; Information and Communication Technology – ICT; Innovation Policy; Venture Capital; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this explorative master thesis is to describe, explain and understand the main success factors that lie behind the regional innovation system in Silicon Wadi in Israel. This is done in order to suggest some tentative ideas on how to further develop the emerging ICT cluster in Malmö/Lund. READ MORE

  6. 30. Experiences of Social Inequalities Related to Skin Colour Enhaced by Fashion Magazines in South Africa : A case study on how women in South Africa identify themselves in relation to the representation of race in South African fashion magazines

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Josefine Åkerlund; [2013]
    Keywords : Apartheid; Bourdieu; Cape Town; Cultural Identity; Doxa; Fashion Magazines; Habitus; Minor Field Studies; MFS; Race; Representation; Segregation; Skin Colour; South Africa; Stuart Hall; Apartheid; Bourdieu; Doxa; Habitus; Hudfärg; Kapstaden; Kulturell identitet; MFS; Minor Field Studies; Modemagasin; Ras; Representation; Segregering; Stuart Hall; Sydafrika;

    Abstract : This study was carried out during the spring of 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa with a Minor Field Study (MFS) scholarship funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). South Africa is a country with a complex society due to the still recent history of Apartheid. READ MORE