Essays about: "effects of democracy on poverty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words effects of democracy on poverty.

  1. 1. Economic globalization and social conflicts in developing countries : A qualitative case study on the relationship between economic globalization and social conflicts in Benin and Zambia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Regina Weckström Breidenstein; [2018]
    Keywords : Economic globalization; developing countries; social conflict; Benin; Zambia; Natural Resources; Trade; Structural Adjustment Programs;

    Abstract : Economic globalization is said to promote peace and prosperity while reducing poverty and deter conflicts. Liberal scholars argue that economic globalization is more important than good governance/democracy for deterring conflict, and that the pacifying effects of economic globalization are universal. READ MORE

  3. 2. Att göra stad. Om demokrati och deltagande i det offentliga rummet

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Anna Krook; [2011]
    Keywords : demokrati; rättvisa; rätten till staden; deltagande; offentligt rum; ungdomar; Malmö; planering; landskapsarkitektur;

    Abstract : Malmö has often been described as a segregated city, with relatively low democratic participation and high poverty and alienation. Behind this kind of statements we often find a material reality, with unequal distribution of assets and potentials that needs to be taken into consideration for political action. READ MORE

  4. 3. Constructing Local Democracy In Bolivia: Decentralization and Rural Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Martin Vogel; [2010]
    Keywords : Participation; Rural development; Decentralization; Poverty; Neoliberalism; Morales; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Decentralization has in recent decades become a common concept in public policy making especially in developing countries. The concept, defined here as the transfer of functions, responsibilities and financial resources to lower levels of government, is further expected to have a positive effect on a country´s development process by reducing the inefficiency associated with a centralized form of government, by increasing the accountability in local government and by making local politics more participatory. READ MORE

  5. 4. Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina : Causes, Consequences and Cures

    University essay from Nationalekonomi

    Author : Nedim Kahvedzic; Samir Losic; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a developing country that once was a part of thecommunist Yugoslavia, is struggling to move from wartime to peacetime, to shift from acentrally controlled economy to a free market economy, and to stir from a socialist stylegovernment to a democracy. All of these processes lend themselves to great corruption. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trade, Association, Aid - Has the Association Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile fulfilled its purposes?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Scherlin; [2009-09-21T09:15:49Z]
    Keywords : International Commercial Law;

    Abstract : Abstract An Association Agreement between EC and Chile came into force in February 2003. The agreement includes three elements; Political dialogue, Cooperation and Trade. READ MORE