Essays about: "india towards development"

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  1. 6. India’s transformation towards clean energy for a sustainable future: understanding and analyzing the role of intangible cultural heritage

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Azima Guliyeva; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Intangible Cultural Heritage; Green Energy Transition; India;

    Abstract : The focus has predominantly been on Southeast Asian countries like Japan and China. Meanwhile, such South Asian countries as India, Indonesia, and Pakistan, which are important from the point of view of understanding the processes of modernization, are undeservedly overlooked. READ MORE

  3. 7. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
    Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE

  4. 8. Participation and U; A Case-Based Testing of Theory-U’s Utility in Facilitating the Pivot towards Participatory Development Practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Thijn van Eldijk; [2021]
    Keywords : Development; India; Participatory Development; Project Design; Systems Thinking; Localization; Innovation; Sustainability; Complexity; Theory-U; Transition Theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis will contribute to the transition the development sector presently sees itself confronted with. This transition involves the pivoting from project-based development endeavors, whereby frameworks and targets defined in the Global North play a dominant role in defining the overall development trajectory. READ MORE

  5. 9. GDP and post-GDP - A Spurious Divorce

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Dominic Austin; [2020]
    Keywords : GDP; post-GDP; poststructuralism; constructivist institutionalism; discourse; genealogy; logics; development committee; IMF; economics;

    Abstract : Where post-GDP, a socio-ecological substitute of GDP, has become increasingly salient within international relations, its practice at an institutional economic level remains largely marginalised. At a discursive level, however, both GDP and post-GDP appear to be both supplementary and antithetical to one another. READ MORE

  6. 10. In Pursuit of Sustainability : Decentralized Renewable Energy Services in India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Max Rosvall; [2020]
    Keywords : Decentralized Renewable Energy; Technological Innovation Systems; Sustainable Transformations; Sustainable Development;

    Abstract : Based on the grand challenges of transforming the energy sector towards sustainability and harvesting the potential from decentralized solar PV, a holistic and systemic perspective is required. This study presents the case of decentralized renewable solutions in Karnataka India. READ MORE