Essays about: "millennium development goals"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 77 essays containing the words millennium development goals.

1. 36. Estimation of Un-electrified Households & Electricity Demand for Planning Electrification of Un-electrified Areas :  Using South Africa as Case

   University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

   Author : Usman Hassan Syed; [2013]
   Keywords : Electrification Planning; Electrification Estimation; Energy Modelling; South Africa; Universal Electrification; Universal Electrification Planning; Energy Systems Analysis;

   Abstract : “We emphasize the need to address the challenge of access to sustainable modern energy services for all, in particular for the poor, who are unable to afford these services even when they are available.”  Section 126: The Future We Want (Out Come Document of Rio+20-United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development June 20-22, 2012). READ MORE

3. 37. Swedish Zambian Health Partnership - A case analysis of a potential Public Private Development Partnership

   University essay from

   Author : Helena Samsioe; [2013]
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   Abstract : The Zambian Ministry of Health has started an ambitious health reform program. The program includes new ways of cooperation including enhancing partnerships with the private sector in order to improve the nation’s health and move towards the health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the Millennium Declaration, which the nation has adopted. READ MORE

4. 38. Planners and Searchers. Different organizations' approach towards aid

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Petra Ludwig; [2013]
   Keywords : Foreign aid; Planner; Searcher; Sida; the International Committee of the Red Cross; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the year of 2000 the world leaders signed on the Millennium Development Goals, which is eight measurable and time-bound targets to reduce world poverty and promote human rights. In order to achieve these sets of goals by 2015 a lot of foreign aid is being given. The approach towards aid and the MDGs are being criticised by William Easterly. READ MORE

5. 39. Water quality in Malawi : effluent water from a matchstick factory in Blantyre

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Johanna Schütz; [2013]
   Keywords : matchstick; chromium; zinc; potassium; inorganic anions; industrial wastewater treatment;

   Abstract : Fresh drinking water and basic sanitation is one of the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. Poorly cleaned water may expose living organisms to diseases such as cholera and diarrhea to mention a few. This study was executed in Blantyre, the second largest city in Malawi. READ MORE

6. 40. Global health – a change of perception. The role of health in the post-2015 development agenda.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Katrin Emelie Forslund; [2013]
   Keywords : Global health; United Nations; Millennium Development Goals; Post-2015 Development Agenda; Human security; Critical Discourse Analysis.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Health has been a recurring topic on the development agenda during the recent decades. During the 1980ies and 1990ies there was a great focus on the impact of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. READ MORE