Essays about: "economic and financial development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 505 essays containing the words economic and financial development.

  1. 1. A qualitative study of foreign aid and China’s role in economic and human development in Zambia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Sue-Ellen Njekwa Ryberg; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Zambia; foreign aid; development; dependency; debt trap; Chinese loans;

    Abstract : The precedent of unrivaled lending in Zambia, to a great degree, and courtesy to the World Bank, has generated a normative and financial frame that puts forward economic prosperity as only being made manifest through lending in perpetuality. Zambia has in recent decades found itself in between both West and East spheres of power in terms of foreign aid and this has had an impact on its development. READ MORE

  2. 2. Sustainable Finance: A case study of Swedish Banks' engagement in Sustainable Development Goals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Felicien Come Rukundo; [2024]
    Keywords : Sustainable finance; Sustainable Development Goals; Agenda 2030; Paris Agreement; Need; Creed; Greed; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sustainable finance incorporates actions and policies for economic development, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. The development of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations became a guide for the transformation towards sustainability and social inclusion. READ MORE

  3. 3. (Swift) sanctions and the rise of parallel payment systems: A qualitative study of financial infrastructure and power dynamics in times of FinTech

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jacqueline Klehr; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : Financial infrastructure; economic sanctions; Swift; payment systems; ; cross border payments; financial network;

    Abstract : In 2022, the West imposed sanctions of unprecedented scale on Russia following the war in Ukraine, including severing Moscow from the main global financial message provider, Swift, with the objective to harm the ability of Russian banks to operate globally. As the global financial system is centralised, being severed from Swift significantly complicates the process of conducting cross border payments. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Miraculous growth of the Asian Tigers - how do values contribute to development? A qualitative study on the role Asian values had on the Asian miracle

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amadou Toure Bagayegou; [2023-09-20]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to highlight the role and effect values had on the miraculous growth conducted in East-asia, more specifically the role Asian values had on the Four Asian Tigers. The growth that occurred during the later part of the twentieth century in these states was conducted in such a pragmatic and successful manner that the understanding of how was a poignant factor in development studies. READ MORE

  5. 5. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN (FUTURE SCENARIOS: SOCIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENERGETIC ASPECTS)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Arturo Martínez Lozano; [2023-03-08]
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    Abstract : Nowadays, the term energy transition is coming into vogue, as many countries are adopting the climate change agenda across the world to achieve sustainable development goals and change from nonrenewable energies to those coming from inexhaustible energy sources, that are more efficient and less polluting. Power-to-hydrogen is an auspicious solution for storing variable renewable energies. READ MORE