Essays about: "informal finance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words informal finance.

1. 11. Financial Literacy and Savings Behaviour in the Informal Economy - A Field Study among Microfinance Clients in Rural Tanzania

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Julia Martinsson; Sara Davidsson; [2016]
   Keywords : financial literacy; individual savings; microfinance; rural; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Basic knowledge in finance, called financial literacy, is increasingly important all around the world due to elevated complexity of financial instruments. Research in developed countries shows that financial literacy is an important predictor of economic decision-making and individual savings behaviour. READ MORE

3. 12. Exclusion and inclusion of women by corporate cultural processes : A case study in the IT and finance industries

   University essay from KTH/Organisation och ledning

   Author : ERIC MUGISHA; FREDRIKA OLSSON; [2015]
   Keywords : Gender; cultural constituents; cultural exclusion; cultural inclusion; female manager; finance industry; IT- industry; career advancement.;

   Abstract : This Master thesis investigates how cultural processes exclude, or might include, women from the corporate culture as well as how the cultural processes could impact the women’s abilities to career advancement within an organization that operates in the financial and IT industries. Previous studies have provided knowledge about culture and gender relations within the financial (Rutherford, 2001; Renemark, 2007) and IT-sectors (Davies and Mathieu, 2005: 12-22) respectively, but there is a lack of studies of financial service organizations in Sweden that operates in both these industries. READ MORE

4. 13. Development of green space in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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

   Author : Cecilia Liljeström; Maria Persson; [2014]
   Keywords : Urban development; developing countries; Tanzania; park;

   Abstract : In Dar es Salaam, as in many cities in developing countries, green areas are decreasing due to the fact that the growth of buildings, infrastructure and services has become a priority. As the population increases more buildings and infrastructure are needed and much of the building activity takes the form of uncontrolled settlements, which encroaches the public green space. READ MORE

5. 14. Value for Money evaluation in PPPs: difficulties and developments

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Antoine Desgrées du Loû; [2012]
   Keywords : Public Private Partnerships; Value for Money; Risk Management; Financial Risk Analysis and Strategies;

   Abstract : Public private partnerships (PPPs) are procurement models used in the provision of public infrastructures and involving private, as opposed to public, finance. The PPP model differs from the traditional public procurement model in this sense and in the unprecedented degree to which the private sector is involved. READ MORE

6. 15. The Cycle of Solid Waste:A Case Study on the Informal Plastic and Metal Recovery System in Accra

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Beamlak Tesfaye Gugssa; [2012]
   Keywords : Accra; Informal sector; Sustainable Development; Resource Recovery; Solid Waste;

   Abstract : Abstract The thesis mainly deals with the analysis of the structure and organization of the informal plastic andmetal recovery system in Accra. To give a clear picture of the context within which the informal wasterecovery system exists, the study has examined the existing formal solid waste management system inAccra. READ MORE