Essays about: "theory of Poverty Reduction"

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1. 21. Shedding light on the European Union’s Development Cooperation after Lisbon Treaty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Meryem Uyar; [2015]
   Keywords : Lisbon Treaty; European Development Fund; development aid; security development nexus; poverty reduction; evaluation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The concept of poverty as a development and a security issue has been fairly commonplace since the end of Cold War and poverty has been gaining importance in the security agenda of the EU throughout the years. Thus Lisbon Treaty has legally and instructionally enhanced the Union’s capacities to ensure policy coherence and has given poverty reduction utmost importance among its development cooperation objectives. READ MORE

3. 22. Building resilience in Malawi. The prominence of resilience in international development, how it is performed, and its potential and consequences

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Daniel Wallinder; [2014]
   Keywords : Resilience; vulnerability; governmentality; food security; poverty reduction; Malawi; Foucault; Dean; Reid; Joseph.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the reasoning behind the prominence of resilience building in Malawi’s development strategies, how resilience building is performed in Malawi, and what the potential and consequences of resilience in Malawi might be. In observations of a resilience building project and interviews with development practitioners, it was found that resilience had become prominent in Malawi primarily since it is advocated by donors. READ MORE

4. 23. Education and Earnings for Poverty Reduction : Short-Term Evidence of Pro-Poor Growth from the Mexican Oportunidades Program

   University essay from Nationalekonomi

   Author : Wei Si; [2011]
   Keywords : Human capital development; Pro-poor growth; Difference-in-differences; Propensity score matching; Causal inference;

   Abstract : Education, as an indispensable component of human capital, has been acknowledged to play a critical role in economic growth, which is theoretically elaborated by human capital theory and empirically confirmed by evidence from different parts of the world. The educational impact on growth is especially valuable and meaningful when it is for the sake of poverty reduction and pro-poorness of growth. READ MORE

5. 24. Getting one step ahead in life. A study of an adult literacy programme in Northern Malawi

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan

   Author : Hanna Appelquist; Therése Björkman; [2010]
   Keywords : literacy; development; malawi; poverty reduction; MFS;

   Abstract : The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to study the connection between literacy and development and poverty reduction in a third world country. The study is based on Mothers’ Union Literacy and Development Programme (MULDP) in Malawi, where it examines what difference literacy makes in the learners of MULDPs lives and what meaning literacy has for them. READ MORE

6. 25. EU DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES VS. THE NEW SECURITY AGENDA : A CASE STUDY ON GHANA

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : PHIDELIA DARKO; [2010]
   Keywords : Ghana; Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers GPRS ; European Union; European Commission; European Development Funds; New Security Agenda; Medium Term Development Framework; Development; Aid; Policy; Developing Countries;

   Abstract : Development issues have been the centre of most international governmental organisations for quite a long time. Most developing countries tend to depend on Western foreign donors to assist them in their developmental ambitions. Ghana as a developing nation also depends on it foreign donors to finance most of it developmental projects. READ MORE