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  1. 1. The banking of education for sustainable development : A critical discourse analysis of the World Bank’s education policy from a modern/colonial world system perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sera Cecilia Hejlskov; [2019]
    Keywords : Coloniality; education; sustainable development; modernity; hegemonic culture; subaltern theory; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Throughout colonial history, education has been used actively in an attempt to assimilate subaltern cultures into the colonizers’ realm. This study looks at the relationship between education of children in developing countries as a tool within sustainable development in relation to the colonial past and modern day coloniality. READ MORE

  2. 2. Why do members join indigenous informal financial institutions - RoSCAs? : an empirical evidence from equbs in Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Bisrat Agegnehu; [2012]
    Keywords : RoSCA; Equb; financial motive; social motive; transaction cost; big size;

    Abstract : Cooperation among human societies can be traced back to the ancient times when people started to live together. There are evidences showing that ancient civilizations had practiced cooperation among themselves from cooperative farming to establishing informal saving and loan associations (www, Umanitoba, 2011). READ MORE

  3. 3. Nature For Sale But Who s Buying? Biodiversity Banking in Malua, Sabah.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Melissa Chin; [2008]
    Keywords : Biodiversity; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a growing shift in environmental management tools from the traditional command and control approach to market mechanisms where environmental goods and services are assigned market values to generate incentives for environmental protection. In November 2007, the Sabah state government announced a joint venture with New Forests Pty. Ltd. READ MORE