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Barriers to human development : a case study from the southern province of Sri Lanka
2011
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2011 This master thesis focuses on barriers of human development in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. According to the new view of, the effect of foreign aid should be measured on the basis of more variables than economy. This thesis has been based upon the dimensions of: the socio-economic situation, health, education, gender issues, family and network, caste, and Government and NGO’s. Due to expert- and empirical interviews, all of these dimensions were found to have a negative effect on the human development in the Southern Province, accept from family and network. Family and network were found to have a positive effect.…
Ethical employment in developing countries
2009
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2009 The topic of this paper is ethical employment in developing countries, and how multinational companies should conduct business in less developed countries. First three theories within ethics will be covered; utilitarianism, justice and human rights. Those are used to judge whether a case is unethical or not. Thereafter are the employees rights covered, and two international conventions that protects these rights are described; the International Labour Organizations and the UN Global Compact. The first is based on the country’s participation, while the latter demands the individual company to sign up. The next part in the…
Ecotourism in Bolivia : an ethnographical study of ecotourism impacts in Madidi National Park
2016
Master thesis development management - University of Agder 2016 The concepts of ecotourism are widely defined but it is often used as a marketing instrument in order to promote tourism businesses related to nature. Ecotourism experience a fast growth in world tourism industry and many developing countries are trying to use ecotourism as a tool to achieve sustainable development. Ecotourism provides many beneficiaries to local environments, economies and socio-cultural lives. However, ecotourism may as well have harmful effects on those involved. Still, ecotourism conserves and protects local areas and its people. Madidi National Park in Bolivia has been estimated to be one of the world’s mo…
A traditional irrigation system in Bali; a study of its transferability to Flores
2011
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2011 This thesis explores the autonomous community driven irrigation system in Bali, Indonesia; called subak, and is evaluated in terms of transferability to Flores, Indonesia. Information from this project may be important in the sense of contributing to an increase of crop production which further can contribute to amplified wealth, achieving sustainable utilization of resources, and development of human resources, if the subak system is successfully transferred and adopted. This illustrates the importance of the project in a developmental perspective. In order to obtain my results, I used a qualitative method with a comparative…
Water supply and sanitation : development impacts of poor accessibility of potable water supply and basic sanitation in rural Ethiopia: a case studyo…
2011
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2011 It is well known that water is a natural resource without which all living things cannot exist. It is a natural requirement for all living things to have access to water if they have to be alive. It seems so why the 70 percent of our planet, earth, covered by water though the world population is facing water scarcity. Such scarcity of water is urging people to use water from unprotected sources which the world urban poor and rural population are highly affected by. As it is known ‘water is life’ because it gives life for all, on the contrary many are dying as a result of unsafe drinking water. The consequences of unsafe drink…
Agriculture in sustainable rural development : effects of the growth and poverty reduction strategy 11 (GRPS 11) on livelihoods and coping strategies…
2011
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2011 The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) approach championed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund lies at the centre of development assistance, debt relief, and development planning in many developing countries, including Ghana. Ghana has implemented a PRS (Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy I, 2003-2005) and a second generation of PRS (Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy II, 2006-2009) had just passed its implementation phase in 2009. This study focuses on the second PRS – that is the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy II (GPRS II). The study also selectively reviews major literature on the role of agricultur…
ICTs and development: assessing internet and mobile phone use among the urban poor in Kawempe division, Kampala district
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 This study set out to understand and assess internet and mobile phone uses among the urban poor in Kawempe division in Kampala district, Uganda. As the internet and mobile phones are rapidly diffusing through communities with more people having access to them, it is important to understand what people are actually doing with their access. There has been so much optimism and scepticism among scholars around the potential of ICTs in facilitating both economic and social development. This study thus seeks to build on the knowledge of how ordinary internet and mobile phone usage may influence social and economic development. Hav…
Cultural industries and development : a qualitative study of actors within Puebla's cultural industries, rooted in UNESCO's pluralistic valuation of …
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2012 Activity in the cultural industries accounts for a great deal of the global GDP. The role of cultural industries in a development context has gained much attention during the past decades. International bodies like UNESCO are especially emphasizing the importance of the cultural industries, as they have the potential of generating employment and welfare – but also because cultural expression and activity is something of intrinsic value and essential for human development beyond economic terms; it defines who we are and conveys existential attributes such as identity, heritage and meaning. This paper seeks to investigate certa…
CSR: Bridging business and development for sustainability : a case study of CSR implementation at coffee houses as enabler for sustainable developmen…
2010
Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 A prerequisite for achievement of sustainable development is economical growth (NorwegianGovernment, 2008-2009). Today an increasing number of corporations in the Western world implement the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (NorwegianEmbassyMexico, 2010a; NorwegianGovernment, 2008-2009). Accountability theories suggests that CSR initiatives increases transparency and accountability of a company, which again increases its legitimacy (Bendell, 2000; Utting, 2005). CSR is makes ―(…) companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders o…
Urban poor living with risk : exploring the dimensions of urban poverty: a case study on risk management capacities among the urban poor in Colombo, …
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 The complex nature of urban poverty cannot be grasped by numbers and graphs. Urban poor survival strategies are subject to a number of challenges, derived from internal and external risks. Domestic illness or global economic fluctuations can have a severe impact on the livelihoods of the urban poor depending on day-to-day income. A contemporary trend within poverty research is to analyse urban vulnerability through a bottom-up approach, giving a voice to the poor. In order to enhance the prospects of poverty eradication strategies in a globalised world, there is a need to approach urban poverty as a contextual phenomenon, id…