Essays about: "millenium goals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words millenium goals.

  1. 1. Wishing for better jobs: Understanding the mismatch between education and youth employment in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kia Korpela; [2017]
    Keywords : developing country; Ethiopia; skills mismatch; youth unemployment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Ethiopia is the second most populated country on the continent of Africa, with a high density of young people. Its economy remains largely based on agriculture, however, in recent years, slow structural change can be seen. Concurrently, youth education has been on the rise. READ MORE

  3. 2. Protection of Individual Minority Rights in the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Annastiina Ali-Lekkala; [2015]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Minority Rights; MDGs; SDGs; Human Rights-Based Approach to Development; HRBAD; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Minorities falling under the Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil, Cultural and Political rights, that is, individuals belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities possess characteristics that form part of their identity and differ from the characteristics possessed by the majority population of the state. Because of these particularities, minorities can be often considered to be directly or indirectly discriminated against and to stand in unequal position in relation to majority groups in what comes to a distribution of benefits in the society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Health-care workers caring for children : The Early Childhood Development Program in La Paz, Bolivia

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Anna Lindström; Louise Hellberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Early Childhood Development; Children; Health Promotion; Global Nursing; Ethnography;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: Bolivia has a high child mortality rate and many children´s living conditions are inadequate. In order to reach the Millennium Development Goals non-governmental organizations play an important role when the governmental efforts are insufficient. READ MORE

  5. 4. How media influence South African agri-businesses’ CSR-programs : can CSR create incentives for agri-businesses to include small-scale farmers in their supply chain, despite high transaction costs?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Madelene Casselbrant; [2014]
    Keywords : content analysis; economies of scale; panel data; product differentiation; quantitative media discourse analysis;

    Abstract : In UNDP (2008) the UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development stresses the importance to develop the private sector within the African agricultural sector as a mean in succeeding to reach the Millenium Development Goals. Since the 90s the number of larger agri-businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa has increased. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mainstream Discourse: Contrasting Perspectives on CCT Programs and Gender Equality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erik Broman; [2014]
    Keywords : Conditional cash transfer; governmentality; gender equality; World Bank; Overseas Development Institute; knowledge; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With the deadline of the 2015 Millenium Development Goals approaching fast, developmental institutions are eager to identify which programs have made an impact and worth continuing as well as which have failed. There have been a number of programs conducted and evaluated in the last decade and now is the time to investigate where they can be improved and restructured. READ MORE