Essays about: "poverty corruption"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 essays containing the words poverty corruption.

  1. 21. Hungering for Governance. The Role of Quality of Government in Access to Food.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Andersson; [2015-01-27]
    Keywords : quality of government; corruption; democracy; food security; access to food; prevalence of undernourishment;

    Abstract : Over the last years, political science scholars have increasingly questioned the role of democracy in producing human welfare and public goods provision, as many democracies tend to fail in these aspects. In attempts to track down the causes behind these failures, scholars have lifted the issue of bad governance as a central factor. READ MORE

  3. 22. Women’s Perspectives on Corruption and Water Access in Bogotá : A Feminist Qualitative Field Study with an Intersectional Analysis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Helander; [2015]
    Keywords : Water access; corruption; gender; power structures; intersectionality; Bogotá;

    Abstract : Women are often in charge of the drinking water supply of their family and, in particular women in poverty, areespecially affected when access to water is lacking. Lack of water access is mainly due to governance failures,with corruption as the central problem. Thus, addressing the gender aspects of corruption in the water sector isneeded. READ MORE

  4. 23. Economic Land Concessions in Cambodia - At the Expense of Adequate Housing? A Minor Field Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sanna Kozak Dehlin; [2015]
    Keywords : public international law; human rights law; right to adequate housing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Idén till denna uppsats kommer från det utbredda fenomenet “land grabbing”, vilket bland annat har lett till att ett stort antal människor över hela världen har blivit tvångsförflyttade. Inom det internationella regelverket för mänskliga rättigheter finns det en rättighet till adekvat (lämplig) bostad. READ MORE

  5. 24. Grad av näringsfrihet och fattigdom - En statistisk analys på 83 länder

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Daniel Bourghardt; [2015]
    Keywords : legalist theory; multivariate regression analysis; policy; entry barriers; business freedom; poverty; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study uses multivariate regressions analysis to investigate the connection between business freedom and two, both monetary and non-monetary, measures of poverty in 83 countries. Business freedom is a policy that effectively means the absence of entry barriers for business to the formal economy. READ MORE

  6. 25. The understanding of development in Ecuador through institutions and beliefs, 1950-2014

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Estefanía Fernanda Salvador Tamayo; [2014]
    Keywords : beliefs; leadership; outcomes; open society.; Institutions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes Ecuadorian development through a historical perspective, in which the changes related to institutions and beliefs are crucial for the explanation of their dramatic transformation. In this respect, during most of its history Ecuador was characterized for lack of leadership, high external dependence, corruption, selfish interests of groups of power, and huge instability. READ MORE