Essays about: "world bank criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words world bank criticism.

  1. 1. Reducing Swedish Banks’ Negative Impacts on Biodiversity : An Analysis of Possible Strategies

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Mikaela Ring; [2015]
    Keywords : Banks; biodiversity; forests; finance; investments;

    Abstract : Svenska banker har stor förbättringspotential när det gäller att säkerställa att finansieringar och investeringar inte bidrar till utrotning av växt- och djurarter och förödelse av skog, våtmarker och orörda miljöer. I en rankning utförd av Fair Finance Guide fick sju av de största svenska bankerna mycket låga betyg för sina åtaganden och handlingar inom temat ”biodiversitet”. READ MORE

  3. 2. How to apply microfinance activities in the developed world : a case study in New York City

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Sofia Bredberg; Sara Ek; [2011]
    Keywords : microfinance; poverty alleviation; financial sustainability; developed world; microfinance programs; empowerment; Grameen America; Acción USA; Project Enterprise;

    Abstract : This study strives to examine how microfinance activities can be successfully applied in the developed world. This is done through a field study in New York City. READ MORE

  4. 3. How to apply microfinance activities in the developed world : a case study in New York City

    University essay from KTH/Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi

    Author : Sofia Bredberg; Sara Ek; [2011]
    Keywords : Microfinance; poverty alleviation; financial sustainability; developed world; microfinance programs; empowerment; Grameen America; Acción USA; Project Enterprise;

    Abstract : This study strives to examine how microfinance activities can be successfully applied in the developed world. This is done through a field study in New York City. READ MORE

  5. 4. The World Bank : A qualitative content analysis of anti-corruption strategies 1997 – 2006

    University essay from Kriminologiska institutionen

    Author : Sabina Andersson; [2010]
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    Abstract : The World Bank is a large organization that has been an influential actor in world politics for decades. The foundation of the work in the World Bank was stipulated in the Articles of Agreement, negotiated in 1944, which concluded that the purpose of the Bank was to finance postwar reconstruction and investment in developing countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Big Bang, Bailouts and Bank Failures : A Study of Japanese Government Intervention During the 1990’s Banking Crisis and Parallels with the 2007-09 US Subprime Mortgage Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Felix Choo; [2009]
    Keywords : Japan; US Subprime Mortage Crises; government intervention; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The current financial crisis the US and the world finds itself embroiled in has all of the markings of a once-in-a-generation type of economic contraction. In times like these, it is natural to search for comparable frames of reference; Japan’s own banking crisis during the “lost decade” of the 1990’s provides significant parallels to the current state of affairs. READ MORE