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1. Supply Chain Incentive Alignment in Bottom of the Pyramid environments
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistikAbstract : Background: Alleviating poverty is critical for achieving sustainability (Zomorrodi et al., 2019). READ MORE
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2. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Zambia has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, child poverty remains an understudied area and the determinants thereof are not well understood. READ MORE
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3. ‘We do what we can with what we have’ - The daily life of people with disabilities and the long and complicated road to improve it in Pando Bolivia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : In the search for grasping how the everyday life experience for people with a disability is shaped in relation to the local social and political complexities in Cobija/Pando four themes are crucial to understand. Firstly, illustrating how the rhetorical definition of disability removes the wrongfulness or responsibility from the shoulders of the individual to an exclusive social environment. READ MORE
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4. Lowering energy need and improving indoor climate - A case study of rural dwellings in Gammalsvenskby, Ukraine
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesignAbstract : A vast majority of rural dwellings in Ukraine are inefficient from an energy perspective, with a major need for energy-efficient renovations. A lot of these buildings are also having problems with the indoor climate, with poor ventilation combined with indoor combustion of fuel which can cause negative health effects. READ MORE
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5. Increasing the Resilience of Colombia’s Indigenous Wayuu Communities Through Renewable Energy Technologies
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Small scale renewable energy systems (SSRES) serve as a potential solution to decrease energy poverty, increase water and food security, and a potential climate change adaptation (CCA) strategy. This thesis investigates the diffusion of such systems amongst indigenous Wayuu communities in La Guajira, Colombia, through Roger's Diffusion Theory. READ MORE