Essays about: "social security schemes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words social security schemes.

1. 1. Building Older Persons’ “Resilience” Through Old-Age Pension Schemes in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Diana Davitadze; [2022]
   Keywords : Older Persons; Ageism; Social Security; Human Rights; Vulnerability Theory; Old-age Pensions; Women; Georgia.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Older persons’ rights are increasingly penetrating the Human Rights discourse in response to the surging aging of the world population. Old-age pension schemes are designed to protect older persons against vulnerabilities once they resign from the job market. READ MORE

3. 2. Watershed-based payment for ecosystem services in Liberia: Examining prospects and challenges for implementation in the St. Paul River Basin

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Phillip Innis; [2016]
   Keywords : payments for watershed services; ecosystem services; sustainable land-use practices; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Payments for watershed services (PWS) are intended to provide incentives to land users to adopt sustainable land management practices. They are also increasingly viewed as having positive impacts on the livelihood of local communities around protected areas. The St. Paul River, located in the St. READ MORE

4. 3. Exploring Local Realities of Carbon Offsetting: Environmental Justice in a Ugandan Carbon Forestry Project

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

   Author : Julia Hedberg; [2016]
   Keywords : equity; efficiency; environmental justice; income stability; fuel security; food security; PES; Trees for Global Benefits; carbon offsets; carbon forestry; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the quest to find a ‘least cost solution’ for climate change mitigation that do not interfere with business-as-usual, carbon trading and PES schemes were introduced. PES schemes with carbon forestry projects are implemented in the Global South as a win-win-win tool for climate change mitigation and sustainable development. READ MORE

5. 4. India’s Hunger Problem: A Comparative Analysis of the Performances of Food Distribution at the National level and in the State of Tamil Nadu

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Raghul Madhaiyan; [2014]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Performance Evaluation; Poverty; Hunger; Food Security; Food Distribution System;

   Abstract : Food is fundamental for humans to survive and vital for development. Food security is a major issue and sustaining it is a challenge for the countries of the world. READ MORE

6. 5. One last bite : the potential for local seafood markets in Sweden : consumers as resource users

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Dana Gilliland; [2013]
   Keywords : fisheries; consumers; common-pool resources; community-supported fisheries; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Over the past 30 to 40 years comprehensive fishery policies and certification schemes have attempted to halt the rapid decline and exploitation of commercial fish stocks. However, with seafood as one of the most globalized food commodities and the world’s population increasing exponentially, most commercial stocks are thought to be on the brink of collapse. READ MORE