Essays about: "colonialism and poverty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words colonialism and poverty.

  1. 1. The impacts of a cancelled large-scale agricultural investment on smallholder farmers’ land use and access

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

    Author : Philipp Erbach; [2023]
    Keywords : large-scale; agriculture; small-scale farming; power relations; knowledge; post-colonialism; land; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Large-scale agricultural investments have seen a rise in popularity over the years, promising economic growth, food security, and poverty eradication around the globe. Through the rising involvement of development aid agencies with private investors, the number of foreign large-scale investments in developing countries significantly increased. READ MORE

  3. 2. Terrestrial Management: Ecological farming in Puerto Rico

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Tracy Trägårdh; [2022]
    Keywords : Terrestrial; management; multispecies; post-qualitative inquiry; plantationocene;

    Abstract : According to the 2022 IPCC report on mitigation of climate change, a transformational change is necessary in every aspect of society, industry and commerce by 2030 in order to keep global temperatures within safe limits. What would this transformation look like and how do we begin? I argue that applying Bruno Latour’s concept of the Terrestrial can help lead us towards the path of transformation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Painting the Whole World White : A case study on Westernization in aid assistance between Sweden and Tanzania

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Sofia Burton; Emma Skogsmo; [2022]
    Keywords : Sweden; Tanzania; Aid; Neocolonialism; Eurocentrism; Sverige; Tanzania; Bistånd; Nykolonialism; Eurocenrism;

    Abstract : Between the years 1962 and 2013, the Swedish government gave over $6 billion in development assistance to Tanzania. Despite this, the country remains to be one of the poorest countries in the world. The Swedish aid has failed to achieve the one thing it was destined for - helping Tanzania rise from poverty. READ MORE

  5. 4. The criticism of child sponsorship: A way to preoccupy the minds of academics or a concern for the future of development?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Clara Åkesson; [2021]
    Keywords : Child sponsorship programs; poverty; neocolonialism; neoliberalism; post-humanitarianism; staff interviews; depoliticization; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This research provides an overview of some of the frequently occurring themes in discussion of academic criticism toward child sponsorship with Swedish sponsorship staff. The study aims to provide a deeper understanding of child sponsorship, their purpose, and critique, than the one that can be draw from the existing literature which remains largely detached to the perspectives of the people on the ground. READ MORE

  6. 5. Growth, Inequality and Poverty in the Gold Coast, 1891 – 1947: Evolution of a Colonial Cash Crop Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Frigyes Harmat; [2019]
    Keywords : Ghana; Gold Coast; Cocoa; Colonialism; Economic History; Growth; Poverty; Inequality; Triangle; History and Archaeology; Business and Economics;

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