Essays about: "gender equality developing countries"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words gender equality developing countries.

  1. 11. Female Entrepreneurship : Self-fulfilment and Legacy, or Money andSurvival?

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Lovisa Malmberg; [2018]
    Keywords : women’s empowerment; female entrepreneurship; developing countries; Zambia; social empowerment; economic empowerment; entrepreneurial motivations; entrepreneurial outcomes; empowerment process; educational background; empowerment; kvinnligt entreprenörskap; utvecklingsländer; Zambia; social empowerment; ekonomisk empowerment; entreprenörskapsmotivationer; kvinnors egenmakt; entreprenörskapseffekter; kvinnligt företagande; utbildning;

    Abstract : Our world is not equal, and women are in a greater extent affected by the inequalities. Extra vulnerable for the inequalities are women in developing countries. In order to empower women and strive towards gender equality, female entrepreneurship has shown positive effects for women in developing countries. READ MORE

  3. 12. Women and Mobile Money in Lesotho: Intended and unintended consequences of mobile money usage in Morija

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Lina Marcussen; [2018]
    Keywords : mobile money; women; Lesotho; financial inclusion; gender equality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Limited access to formal banking leaves large shares of the population in developing countries underbanked or unbanked. One tool believed to enhance financial inclusion is the financial service mobile money, which has spread quickly especially in Africa. READ MORE

  4. 13. Gender Equality and CO2-Emissions: A Panel Data Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kajsa Fernström Nåtby; Hannes Rönnerfalk; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender Equality; CO2-emissions; Gender Equality Index; Climate Change; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : There is an acute need to combat global warming, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are the key driver. Climate policy makers so far have assumed that CO2-emissions and gender equality are closely related. READ MORE

  5. 14. The effect of gender equality in education on economic growth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Eline Kesti; [2018]
    Keywords : Economic growth; gender equality; education; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Gender equality is not only a human right, but is also suggested to have economic benefits. One of the rights discriminated to girls, especially in developing countries, is their right to education. The purpose of this thesis is to find the effect of gender equality in education on economic growth in developing countries in Asia. READ MORE

  6. 15. Could Information and Communication Technologies decrease gender inequality? - Cross-country evidence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Monika Andersson; Magnus Friberg; [2017-07-03]
    Keywords : ICT; Gender inequality; Equality;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is rapidly changing the society and affecting several of the issues that the world is facing. One of them is the issue of gender inequality, which is especially predominant in the developing world. READ MORE