Essays about: "social capital and human development"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 128 essays containing the words social capital and human development.

1. 16. Insider-outsider divides and support for social investment policies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Antonio Giubilaro de Angelis; [2022]
   Keywords : Labor market dualization; insider-outsider divides; insider-outsider theory; social investment; welfare state; social policy; policy preferences; political behavior; public opinion.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In recent years, many scholars have observed increasing polarization in the distribution of labor market risk, as well as social and employment rights. This phenomenon is often referred to as labor market dualization, a process deepening the divide between privileged insiders and less fortunate outsiders. READ MORE

3. 17. Institutional Investors and Sustainability - An Analysis of Institutional Investors’ Legal Due Diligence Obligations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Louise Bjerrek; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation; Human Rights Due Diligence; Institutional Investors; Greenwashing; Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; National Contact Point.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Agenda has launched several new actions in order to reorient capital flow of the financial market to sustainability objectives. One of these initiatives was to unify and harmonize the rules on marketing of sustainable aims of financial products. READ MORE

4. 18. Social Policy Assessment of the Gendered Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers in Argentina on Female Beneficiaries: A critical analysis of empowerment and emancipation.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Madeleine Mae Belanger; [2022]
   Keywords : empowerment; emancipation; poverty; feminisation of obligation and responsibility; conditional cash transfers; Argentina; unfavourable inclusion; human capital; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Conditional cash transfers are a popular social policy across Latin America. Often focused on investments in early childhood education and care, the social policy requires conditionalities such as educational attainment and healthcare to achieve human capital development. READ MORE

5. 19. Fostering Cooperative Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A case study on coffee cooperatives' operations during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Cecilia Widman; [2021]
   Keywords : cooperatives; coffee; resilience; asset pentagon; Covid-19;

   Abstract : This study investigates the resilience of coffee cooperatives and producer organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and explores their adaptations to the context in relation to their livelihood capitals. The changes to their operations are analyzed through the contexts of shocks, trends and stresses and how they perceived these threats. READ MORE

6. 20. Working with Hand, Head, and Heart : A feminist critical discourse analysis of ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economics’

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Julia Sundell; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to gain more knowledge about the usage of the ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economic’ discourse in corporate-led women’s empowerment initiatives. This discourse can be understood as a vocabulary for discussing the business case for women’s empowerment which has diffused from development institutions to states, NGOs and corporations through a wide range of initiatives, policies, advertisement campaigns and development and humanitarian campaigns. READ MORE