Essays about: "poverty eradication in developing countries"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words poverty eradication in developing countries.

  1. 6. Who is left out? : Hidden Patterns of Birth Under-registration; A Case Study about Iran

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sahba Samadi Dezfouli; [2017]
    Keywords : Birth registration; Legal identity; Statelessness; Iran; Bottleneck Analysis; Sustainable Development Goals; SDGs;

    Abstract : Universal full coverage of birth registration by 2030 is one of the sustainable development targets which itself is of great significance for the accomplishment of many development goals such as poverty eradication, inclusion, as well as improvement of several health factors. Despite the importance of this topic, not much academic attention has been paid to study the problem of birth under-registration from the perspective of development studies. READ MORE

  3. 7. Reducing the ‘Neglect’ in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Review of the Debate surrounding the Effectiveness of Mass Deworming – A Case Study of Kenya –

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kim Brigitzer; [2016]
    Keywords : Kenya; Neglected tropical diseases; NTD discourse; mass deworming; soil-transmitted helminths; the ‘Other’; World Health Organization;

    Abstract : Neglected tropical diseases are parasitic and bacterial diseases mainly prevalent in developing countries affecting people living in poverty. The World Health Organization’s human rights-based approach emphasizes the “prevention, control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases” through the use of preventative chemotherapy, such as the mass administration of deworming drugs to improve people’s health. READ MORE

  4. 8. Corporate Povery Reduction : Perspectives on collaboration between CSR and Development Assistance

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Sophia Bengtsson; Kajsa Hansson; [2010]
    Keywords : corproate social responsibility; development assistance; sustainable development; poverty eradication; corporate social responsibility; bistånd; hållbar utveckling; fattigdomsbekämpning;

    Abstract : Traditionally, governments are the main providers of development assistance and re-sponsible for stimulating social development in the third world. In recent years, Corpo-rate Social Responsibility has gained considerable ground and it is now common for corporations to get involved in activities resembling those carried out in the name of development assistance. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Effects of Palm Oil Biodiesel in Producer Developing Countries: A Case Analysis of Malaysia Linking National Perspectives with Ground Realities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Tahia Devisscher; [2007]
    Keywords : modern biofuels; palm oil; alternative energy source; stakeholder analysis; rural development; sustainability of local livelihoods; Environmental studies; Miljöstudier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The growing economic risk of relying primarily on fossil fuels with unstable prices and which availability highly depends on limited reserves and poor global distribution has increased the international interest on modern biofuels as an alternative energy source. Moreover, the growing awareness of energy-related pollution and of climate change consequences, and the international and national strategies to comply with Kyoto Protocol, has put biofuels on the global agenda. READ MORE