Essays about: "economic development and sri lanka"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words economic development and sri lanka.

  1. 21. Income Poverty - A Case Study of Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Holmlund; [2007]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; Income Poverty; Regressions; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Sri Lanka has been a leading example among developing nations in the fight against poverty. Human development has been a priority of the Sri Lankan government, and many social indicators are today more in line with those of a developed country. Still poverty is a severe and widespread problem in the country. READ MORE

  3. 22. SUSTAINABILITY AND OUTREACH ASSESSMENT OF MICRO FINANCE IN SRI LANKA : CASES OF SARVODAYA ECONOMOMIC ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LTD AND GAMI PUBUDUWA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Chamila Herath; [2007]
    Keywords : Micro credit; Outreach; Sustainability; SEEDS; HNB; Gami Pubuduwa; Sri Lanka; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Asymmetric information and risk are two main problems in credit markets. These problems are even higher in developing credit markets. Formal financial sectors in developing countries are still growing and are reluctant to provide credit to poor. READ MORE

  4. 23. Sustainable Development and Empowerment through Fair Trade - A Minor Field Study of the Impacts from Fair Trade Participation on Sri Lankan Producers and Workers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jenny Lindblad; [2006]
    Keywords : Fair Trade; Sri Lanka; sustainable development; empowerment; globalization; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Fair Trade is a growing international movement with the aim to empower disadvantaged producers and workers in the developing world and to promote sustainable development. With an understanding of the increased economic globalization as unfair, Fair Trade seeks to make the relationships in the international trade more equitable. READ MORE

  5. 24. A natural economic experiment : An analysis of the macroeconomic consequenses of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Alestad; Catrine Bergqvist; [2006]
    Keywords : Tsunami; the Australian model of a developing economy; external balance; ;

    Abstract : In this thesis we analyze the macroeconomic impact of the tsunami in 2004 on the Sri Lankan economy. The theoretical framework we use, the Australian model of a developing economy, gives direct or indirect predictions for the development of a number of variables after a natural disaster. READ MORE

  6. 25. GIS-implementation in Sri Lanka (part 1) , GIS-applications in Hambantota district Sri Lanka : a case study (part 2), GIS in socio-economic planning : a case study (part 3)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Almqvist; Jenny Fergéus; [2001]
    Keywords : pedology; geomorphology; physical geography; developing countries; network analysis; geographic information systems; cartography; climatology; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Detta är ett examensarbete i tre delar. Del I behandlar GIS-implementation i Sri Lanka, i Del II visas GIS-applikationer rörande turism i Hambantota, ett av 25 distrikt i Sri Lanka. Del III anlyserar användning av GIS i socioekonomisk planering med utgångspunkt från fem doktorander i Sri Lanka. READ MORE