Essays about: "informal economy"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 106 essays containing the words informal economy.

  1. 36. Insight Cuba : A Reflection Rapport and Three Features Connected to Cuban Economy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMK)

    Author : Sara Charlotte Wahlström; [2019]
    Keywords : economy; Cuba; informal markets; prostitution; jinterism; bicycles; embargo; slow news journalism; practice theory economic anthropology;

    Abstract : Cuba! The name alone connotes many things for people be it rum & cigarrs, old Chevys & colonial buildings, Hemingway & Daquires, Castro & communism, Salsa & Reaggaton, parties & calm life, blue oceans & white sandy beaches, poverty & oppression.  As a tourist destination Cuba is sold as a country caught up in a time capsule. READ MORE

  3. 37. Profit-making businesswomen or (too) proud women and prostitutes? : change and continuity in the social practice of gender at Kiwira market, Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nora Wahlström; [2019]
    Keywords : market women; rural development; gender; gender practices;

    Abstract : African women’s involvement in the informal economy as market sellers is a topic which has received substantial attention, often with an interest in the possibilty of empowerment which comes from earning money and conducting business outside of the household. However, this topic suffers from an urban bias as well as a focus mainly on West Africa. READ MORE

  4. 38. The Political Economy of Universal Primary Education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tuomas Waldén; [2019]
    Keywords : Universal Primary Education; Quality Education; Free Primary Education; World Bank; Political Economy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The idea of Universal Primary Education has always been an essential part of the core concept of development. Whether gained through formal or informal channels has played relatively a little role, as long as the end-result has been an individual, who has obtained the basic level of schooling. READ MORE

  5. 39. The Role Of Institutions In Promoting Entrepreneurship In The Nigerian Fashion Industry

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Esther Ominijei; [2019]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; institutions; fashion industry; Nigeria;

    Abstract : As the oil sources continue to become depleted and global oil prices continue to drop, there are concerns that the current pattern of growth and development in Nigeria, a country that is heavily dependent on natural resources such as oil as drivers of economic growth, is neither inclusive nor sustainable. In order to shift its focus from the natural resource dependency dynamic, create employment and most importantly, stimulate sustainable economic growth; there is an urgent need for the Nigerian economy to begin harnessing and cultivate their underutilized resources and industries such as the fashion industry. READ MORE

  6. 40. Employee engagement in CSR strategy making : Understanding SMEs’ behavior towards stakeholders and CSR

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Jens Willem Woestenburg; Raquel Steffler Machado; [2018]
    Keywords : CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR in SMEs; Small Medium Size Enterprises; stakeholder engagement; employee engagement; stakeholder theory;

    Abstract : SMEs make up a large part of the global economy. Only in Sweden, for example, SMEs account for 61,3% of value added and employment (European Commision, 2016, p. 2). With such impressive presence, these firms exert a large impact on society and the environment. READ MORE