Essays about: "colonial ties"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words colonial ties.
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1. Donor Motives : An Empirical Study of the Motives Behind Foreign Aid Allocation for Ten OECD Countries
University essay from Södertörns högskola/NationalekonomiAbstract : The foreign aid sector is expanding each year, distributing hundreds of billions of USD per year to the least developed countries of the world. Meanwhile, extensive research has found that aid is not an efficient way to stimulate economic growth in the recipients. Neither is it an effective way to increase long-term sustainable development. READ MORE
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2. Has Colonial Heritage Affected Export Diversification and thus Economic Growth in Former African Colonies?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : It has long been suggested that a lack of export diversification is one cause of the slow economic growth and low levels of development in African countries. The purpose of this study is to analyse what implication the colonial heritage has for export diversification and economic growth in 45 African countries over the period 1995-2016. READ MORE
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3. Almost The Same, But Not Quite: Mimicry, Mockery and Menace in Swedish Transracial Adoption Narratives
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This study examines the role and implications of mimicry (Bhabha, 1994) and colonial trans-lation (Young, 2003) in Swedish adoption narratives. Through a deconstructive narrative analysis of three Swedish adoption texts: Längtansbarnen: Adoptivförädrar berättar [The Longed for/Longing Children: Adoptive parents tell their story] (Weigl, 1997), Adoption: Banden som gör oss till familj [Adoption: the ties that make us a family] (Juusela, 2010), and Gul Utanpå [Yellow on the Outside] (Lundberg, 2013); the study explores how mimicry manifests itself in adoption narratives, the process of the translation of the adoptee into a mimic Swede, and how the transnational/-racial adoptee as a mimic poses a threat, as mimicry turns to menace. READ MORE
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4. Dependency theory and China’s increased involvement on the African continent : The perception of foreign aid in Babati
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : The aim of the thesis is to discuss possible effects of an increase in African – Chinese relation above the historically more dominant Western – African dependency. There has recently both been an increase in trading between Africa and China and an increase in Chinese funded development on the African continent. READ MORE
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5. Postcolonialism and Development - A critical analysis of “The European Consensus on Development”
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The discursive analysis of development began in the 1980’s. We will continue in its tradition, specifically with a focus on the often concealed ties shared by development theory and colonial theory. READ MORE
