Essays about: "global Income Inequality"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words global Income Inequality.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. Linkages between land degradation and economic inequality in global drylands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Neija Maegaard Elvekjær; [2017]
    Keywords : global drylands; Gini coefficient; income inequality; NDVI; Mann Kendall trend analysis; inequality index; restrend; land degradation; socio-economic inequality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Land degradation has a negative effect on agriculture, food security and ecosystems. It severely impacts the livelihood of the many people directly depending on agriculture around the world. Drylands are some of the most vulnerable areas around the world. READ MORE

  4. 18. Segregation in Stockholm: Birds of a Feather? Economic Segregation in Stockholm County 2000-2014

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Carl-Johan Backman; [2017]
    Keywords : Spatial segregation; economic segregation; sorting; income inequality; gentrification; residualisation;

    Abstract : Rising levels of income inequality in conjunction with increased global flows of migrants have created a need for extending the notion of segregation to include economic measures as well, in addition to ethnicity. In this thesis we explore the economic segregation in the municipalities of Stockholm County, during the years 2000 to 2014. READ MORE

  5. 19. We are Women in Coffee!: An explanatory case study of Fairtrade’s gendered impact on female and male farmers of a Fairtrade certified Kenyan coffee cooperative

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Fanny Rölander; [2016-09-28]
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    Abstract : Due to globalisation, the world is becoming increasingly intertwined with complex global trade networks linking producers and consumers through largely unequal relationships. Fairtrade addresses this inequality by supporting the vulnerable producers. READ MORE

  6. 20. Equality - a cure for carbon?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Gustafsson; [2016]
    Keywords : carbon emissions; gender equality; income equality; eco-feminism; climate change; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Global climate change is probably the biggest challenge of our century, and even though research has attempted to uncover the social forces driving the emission of carbon, there is a lack of consensus among scholars. Some empirical research states that carbon emissions are lower in countries where women have higher political status. READ MORE