Essays about: "post-2015 agenda"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words post-2015 agenda.

1. 1. Tracking Relief Aid: A Spatial Analysis of Aid Distribution in Nepal After the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Isabelle Johnsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Relief aid; disaster risk reduction; local ownership; QGIS; spatial analysis; earthquake; Nepal.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aftermath of the Gorkha earthquake was followed by a heavy critique of the government of Nepal for not distributing relief aid or responding to the disaster in a timely manner. Though many dimensions of the earthquake and its impacts have previously been examined, little research has been conducted on what factors impacted the spatial distribution of the relief aid that was actually delivered. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable Development Rights? : Human rights language in development discourse

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Johanne Oline Storgaard Brok; [2016]
   Keywords : Mänskliga rättigheter; Sustainable Development Goals; human rights; human rights language; United Nations; international politics; post-2015 agenda; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This paper deals with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals of 2015. I examine the role of human rights language in the Sustainable Development Agenda in order to uncover the relation between sustainable development discourse and human rights discourse. READ MORE

4. 3. Economic Growth in the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda: A Critical Analysis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Helena Hedström; [2016]
   Keywords : economic growth; sustainable development; United Nations; post-2015; Agenda 2030; decoupling;

   Abstract : This study examines how economic growth is framed in the UN post-2015 development agenda, which is centered on the Sustainable Development Goals. It uses a transdisciplinary approach combining Ecological Economics and Critical Theory. READ MORE

5. 4. The Ability to Participate : A Study on the Contributions of Persons with Disabilities in the Sustainable Development Goals

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Linnea ammon; Alexandra Blixt; [2015]
   Keywords : participatory development; post-2015 development agenda; persons with disabilities;

   Abstract : The study investigates recent efforts made by the United Nations to ensure the participation of persons with disabilities in the designing of a post-2015 development framework that will build on the progress catalysed by the Millennium Development Goals. Anchored in the participatory development theory, the study examines the consultation process held between 2012 and 2013, analysing the correlation between the extensive online consultation and the Open Working Groups’ proposal for Sustainable Development Goals. READ MORE

6. 5. Whose and what justice? : A content analysis of the United Nations' Post-2015 Development Agenda

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Pontus Wallin; [2015]
   Keywords : Post-2015; MDGs; social justice; distributive; retributive; transformative; justice;

   Abstract : As the timeframe of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is running out this year, the Post-2015 Development Agenda soon arrive at its final negotiations. Criticisms of the MDGs have primarily concerned the inaccurate implementation of social justice to the most vulnerable and poor, and the limited understanding of the underlying interconnectedness of the goals. READ MORE