Essays about: "mdg 2"

Found 3 essays containing the words mdg 2.

  1. 1. The Grameen Bank and Beyond the Millennium Development Goals : Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Georg Strasser; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; microfinance; Grameen Bank; poverty; Millennium Development Goals;

    Abstract : Inspired by the precedence of eradicating worldwide poverty and the unresolved discussion how to solve this problem, this paper attempts to illustrate how microfinance by the Grameen Bank can alleviate poverty beyond the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). These goals are arguably limited by the use of poverty lines and may not reflect the true level of poverty beyond quantifications. READ MORE

  3. 2. Neglecting the public and focusing on the private: "The situation of education in Nigeria"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Meshiack Uche Akuaka; [2012-05-10]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This research looks into the problem of public education funding in Nigeria. Immediately after independence, great strides were made in the area of mass education. The government’s efforts towards education recorded huge successes across the country. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Dynamics of Health and Welfare : A Methodological Study Analysing the Two Phenomena in Five Populations During the Early 2000s

    University essay from Hälsa och samhälle

    Author : Nermin Ahmetagic; [2011]
    Keywords : Health; welfare; methodological study; Martha Nussbaum; Cappabilities Approach; G. Esping-Andersen; ODA; foreign aid; WHO; UN; OECD; MDG; development; Hälsan; välfärd; utvickling;

    Abstract : This paper aims to describe the dynamics of objective health and welfare in five populations, from the year 2000 to 2009, qua a methodological study. It proposes a three step approach to ensure the validity criteria in the conducted research process: firstly, to identify the relevant variables as predictors of the two phenomena, empiric studies and sociological theories by Esping-Andersen (1999) Nussbaum (1999, 2000, 2011), were consulted. READ MORE