Essays about: "foreign literature study in thesis on poverty"

Found 3 essays containing the words foreign literature study in thesis on poverty.

  1. 1. How should foreign impact and commercial use of traditional design, with the intent to promote development in indigenous communities, be considered in relation to the lege de ferenda legal protection stipulated in

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Shev; [2007]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The rich Mayan weaving tradition in Guatemala has survived even though the indigenous population has been subject to centuries of hardship and oppression. After conducting a field study and scrutinising the commercialisation process of the traditional designs in five different producer cooperatives of which, for the purpose of this thesis, some are characterised as weaving cooperatives and others as international projects, I found that there has been and still is a large degree of foreign influence in the structure, organisation and the commercialisation process of traditional textile crafts. READ MORE

  2. 2. Aid and Corruption : Possible solutions for the Babati District, Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Emma Lidholm; [2007]
    Keywords : Aid; Corruption; Tanzania;

    Abstract : In many countries poverty is widespread, and so is also corruption. Foreign aid is given to countries in need to combat poverty, but unfortunately corruption has a restraining effect on the effectiveness of aid. READ MORE

  3. 3. Remittances and Poverty - a Case Study of the Philippines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Peter Holmvall; [2007]
    Keywords : remittances; poverty; Income Inequality; Rural; Urban; the Philippines; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Remittances are the second largest inflow of capital to the Philippines after Foreign Direct Investment. The Philippines are a lower middle income country with about 33 percent of its 76.5 million population living in poverty. Earlier research on remittances and poverty agrees on the positive effects of remittances on poverty. READ MORE