Essays about: "sustainable development poverty"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 221 essays containing the words sustainable development poverty.

  1. 16. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mara Glas; [2022]
    Keywords : biodiversity economy; sustainable use; international conservation finance; community-based conservation; economic development; wildlife economics; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. READ MORE

  3. 17. Renegotiating Institutions: Institutional Bricolage in the Zambian Woodfuel Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Alice Castensson; [2021]
    Keywords : natural resource governance; critical institutionalism; institutional bricolage; woodfuel; institutions; multifunctional landscapes; Zambia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Governing multifunctional resource landscapes in ways that protect ecosystems without aggravating poverty is a critical task for development efforts. This thesis adopts an institutional bricolage approach to scrutinise institutional interplay in the Zambian woodfuel sector. READ MORE

  4. 18. Private Regulatory Governance and Sustainable Development: Is there a connection? Mapping linkages of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Rupal Verma; [2021]
    Keywords : Voluntary Sustainability Standards; Sustainable Development Goals; calculated strategic behavior; dynamic capabilities; motivations; leadership; challenges; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) share similar objectives. VSS are being increasingly used because of their claims to address sustainability issues at the production stage, such as greenhouse gas emissions in production, biodiversity conservation, labor rights, worker’s wages, local pollution and good corporate governance. READ MORE

  5. 19. The increasing neonatal mortality in Lesotho : An explorative case study

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Mikaela Stadig; [2021]
    Keywords : Lesotho; Neonatal mortality; Case Study; Social Determinants of Health.;

    Abstract : Child mortality rates do not only reflect the development in a society but also reflect access to basic health interventions and socio-economic conditions. The uneven distribution of child mortality rates is a matter of inequity. READ MORE

  6. 20. The European Union Development Policy between Intention and Public Perception: ​Analysing the Role of Feedback from Project Beneficiaries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Diana Casian; [2021]
    Keywords : feedback; development policy; European Union; public perception; actorness; participatory development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The European Union’s development policy has the primary goal to eradicate poverty at the global level and to promote sustainable development. But is the EU doing enough effort to engage the voices and the needs of the poor in order to deliver locally informed aid projects? Emerging from these complex questions, the following research explores the importance and resourcefulness of an institutionalised feedback mechanism between the development agency of the EU and beneficiaries of its funded projects. READ MORE