Essays about: "global aid"

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1. 1. Dynamic Risk Management in Air Traffic Management System Failures

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Nick Lowth; [2024]
   Keywords : Air Traffic Control; Uncertainty; Risk Management; Air Traffic Management; Resilience; Emergence; Trade-offs; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Context This research looks at managing uncertainty and recovery processes following failure of a sociotechnical system. The provision of Air Traffic Services (ATS) is an essential service that must continue to function supporting at a minimum; medical flights, search and rescue operations, humanitarian aid, State and military flights (as demonstrated during the recent global pandemic). READ MORE

3. 2. Green Numbers in Grey Areas: A study on what methods credit analysts use to integrate incomplete ESG data in the credit rating process

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Erik Voss-Schrader; Gustav Ryhre; [2024]
   Keywords : Credit; Debt; Rating; ESG; Epistemic;

   Abstract : In response to the urgent need to address global warming, this study investigates the efforts of two credit rating agencies (CRAs), Aries and Orion, to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their financial analyses amidst challenges posed by inconsistent and unstandardized data. Based on interviews with nine CRA representatives and Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures, the present study reveals the difficulties faced by the CRAs with directly linking ESG factors to credit ratings. READ MORE

4. 3. A Radical Restructuring of Development Aid : From Liberal Justice to “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs” Assessing the Failures of Development Aid and Providing A New Normative Alternative

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Holm; [2024]
   Keywords : Development Aid; Political theory; Justice; Rawls; Anarchism; Communism;

   Abstract : In this paper I will argue for the need for a change of norms in the global governance system in regards to development aid. I argue that liberal norms of justice and distribution of wealth have a negative effect on development aid practices. This study is a normative political theory and the material researched is relevant literature sources. READ MORE

5. 4. DOES FOREIGN AID PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS? Evidence from a quantitative large-N study of 121 aid-receiving countries, 2003-2021

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nora Engvall Olmås; [2023-10-30]
   Keywords : human rights; physical integrity rights; civil liberties; foreign aid; Official Development Assistance; bilateral aid; multilateral aid;

   Abstract : Human rights are in crisis. Even if the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrates 75 years in 2023, the anniversary comes at a time when the world is experiencing human suffering so grave that international human rights organizations are alerting for a global human rights crisis. READ MORE

6. 5. Governing through freedom and responsibility: A qualitative study examining the expression of neoliberal governmentality in strategies concerning Swedish foreign development aid

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Kajsa Sund; [2023-10-26]
   Keywords : development; Swedish aid; SIDA; governmentality; neoliberal governmentality; Micheal Foucault; Global studies;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate exercises of power in Swedish foreign development aid, ultimately answering the question of how aid is governed. This is done by conducting an abductive qualitative content analysis exploring four actor-focused aid strategies guiding The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). READ MORE