Essays about: "regional development programmes"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words regional development programmes.

  1. 6. Revealing Complexities : Subsistence Sector Animal Farming, Animal Advocacy and Gender Analysis: Chances for Development in Northern Mozambique?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Stefanie Lenz; Halla Victorsdóttir; [2014]
    Keywords : animal breeding; animal rights; gender; Mozambique; subsistence farming;

    Abstract : In Mozambique, 80 per cent of the people rely on farming for their livelihood. The majority of them are small-scale and subsistence farmers. In spite of high GDP and agricultural growth rates, the majority of Mozambicans in rural areas remain below the poverty line. READ MORE

  3. 7. Chachaklum, a viable initiative? : a stakeholder management approach towards a community enterprise

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ella Lundström; [2014]
    Keywords : business; CBE; community; forest; Guatemala; Petén; smallholder; stakeholder;

    Abstract : Due to poorly functioning local and regional markets, the smallholders in San Francisco, Petén, were dependent on intermediaries that took advantage of the smallholder’s distance to markets. In an attempt to secure income and strengthen their bargaining position, 189 smallholders joined forces through the creation of a social smallholder network, held together by a community based enterprise. READ MORE

  4. 8. Theoretical perspectives in regional development programmes : The case of Eastern Poland.

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Ewa Joanna Niedzialek; [2012]
    Keywords : Eastern Poland; regional development programmes; Cohesion Policy; Regional Operational Programmes; regional development theories;

    Abstract : The thesis sets out to investigate the problem of theoretical perspectives on regional development in regional development programmes, studying the case of Regional Operational Programmes of five Eastern Poland regions. Formulation of regional development policy for the macroregion is a controversial issue in regional policy discussions in Poland. READ MORE

  5. 9. Strategic Environmental Assessment Pre-Study of That Luang Marsh : For Sustainable Development in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Fredrik Olsson; [2010]
    Keywords : That Luang Marsh; Laos; urban wetland; Strategic Environmental Assessment; SEA; wastewater treatment; Vientiane; sustainable development; flood control; WATER Project; New Town Development Project; constructed wetland; That Luang Marsh; Laos; urbana våtmarksområden; Strategic Environmental Assessment; SEA; strategisk miljöbedömning; vattenrening; Vientiane; hållbar utveckling; översvämningsskydd; WATER Project; New Town Development Project; konstgjorda våtmarker;

    Abstract : IntroductionLao People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR / Laos) has a population of 5.8 million people and is today one of the least developed countries in Asia. That Luang Marsh (TLM) is the largest remaining urban wetland (2000 hectare) in Vientiane Capital, which historically has supplied wildlife and local people with several eco-services. READ MORE

  6. 10. Using Structural Funds in Romania

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Adela Augusta Marcoci; [2010]
    Keywords : cohesion; convergence; structural funds; development; Romania;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how the Cohesion Policy of the EU is dealt with beyond policies and politics in one of its Member States, i.e. Romania. READ MORE