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Bridging the gap between the gold mining industry and the environmental and societal degradation through regulation : a qualitative study for identif…
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 This paper provides an identification and analysis of the contractual elements, i.e. requirements, for a hypothetical regulation of the South African gold mining industry. The identification of contractual elements is based on their probability in contributing in reversing trends of environmental and societal degradation deriving from gold mining. Second, this thesis explores the potential for such a regulation to achieve these objectives in South Africa. Except from a few initiatives of variable qualities, the gold mining industry at large is unregulated, and it is as such very much similar to the diamond industry prior to …
Listening to people: local perspectives on mining child labour and community development in Cerro Rico - Bolivia
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2012 This study explores community development from below in Cerro Rico mining community taking child labour as a start point for analysis. The investigation aims to generate knowledge about the potential of the community to generate a socially inclusive, equitable, and sustainable process of development from within the community. At the same time, it seeks to refine the understanding of child labour in this context. Development trends have paid more attention to the local cultures and indigenous knowledge in recent decades. Alternative development conceives the social forces as the main drivers for development where the community…
Displaced sexuality : a study of gender relations and sexual genderbased violence in the context of displacement in northern Uganda
2010
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 There are many barriers to human development; gender inequality is generally acknowledged to be one of these. In the patriarchal and displaced society of the Acholi in Northern Uganda, this inequality has for decades been played out directly on the bodies of girls and women. As females, many have experienced Sexual-Gender Based Violence (SGBV), whether in physically forceful ways such as rape and forced sex by intimate partners, or in structurally forceful ways such as transactional sex for subsistence. This thesis examines SGBV in post-conflict Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda from an endogenous perspective. Fiel…
Community based management of surface water sources in rural south western Uganda : a study of Mbarara and Kiruhuru districts
2009
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2009 Introduction When managed appropriately, water is a precious natural resource, vital for life, development and the environment. Community based management (CBM) is the style of management the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment recommends for most water facilities constructed in rural areas. Although community based management of water facilities is recommended, it is largely for government constructed facilities and many people in the two districts of Kiruhura and Mbarara communally use privately constructed surface water sources. The objectives of this study therefore were to establish; What rules and practices are i…
Social movements: development actors in Bolivia? : a case study of how "Cocaleros" movements perceive their role in Bolivian development processes
2010
Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 In the last decades the Bolivian social movements started gaining force and raising their voices against the injustices and the inefficiency of the governments to give solution to their problems. During the last 20 years the movements have started to gain control and force, but many of the movements have a longer history. One of them is the cocaleros movement, the coca leaf growers’ movement. They spent more than thirty years fighting for what they considered to be their rights; they practically started form cero and created a strong organization that represents not only their particular interests, but the collective identity …
Participatory resource management and development in developing countries: " do the attributes of the organizing committee for local participation ma…
2011
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2011 In the past few decades, local community participation has been viewed as one of the major ways through which sustainable resource management can be attained. Communities have been encouraged to take part in resource management projects in order to attain better results. However, there are still some concerns in academic and practitioner circles on how the participatory approach can be implemented in order to gain the most out of it. Hence, pointing to the need for further research on ways of improving participation especially in community resource conservation and development. In this regard, this research set out to discove…
"Water as a development constraint : the case of Lwebitakuli subcounty, Sembabule district, Uganda"
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 This is a qualitative study that explores people‟s perspectives of water as a constraint to socio-economic development in Lwebitakuli sub-county, Sembabule District, South western Uganda. Three main research questions were explored: What are the features of socio-economic development in Lwebitakuli? What is the role of water in development? How do people perceive or describe water as a development concern? And what strategies has government, NGOs and community members adopted to cope with the challenges and improve water supply in Lwebitakuli? Data was collected by a triangulation of methods such as; semi-structured intervie…
State as a development actor : evidence from case study of Gemidiriya community development and livelihood improvement project of Matara district, in…
2011
Master thesis in development- University of Agder 2011 This thesis about the state as a development actor drawing: - evidence from a case study of the Gamidiriya Community Development and Livelihood Improvement project of Matara district in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study is to identify to what extent the Gamidiriya project has been successful in improving household‟s livelihoods. Livelihood development projects are designed by the state to help to improve the quality of life for rural people by providing them with access to livelihood opportunities. The assets in the livelihood definition consists of five categories, which include social capital, financial capital, physical capital,…
Natural Disasters impact on children, with a particular emphasis on girls and children with disabilities A case study from Haiti assessing children’s…
2015
Master thesis development management- University of Agder, 2015 This thesis explores whether children, and especially girls and children with disabilities, are more vulnerable in natural disasters. In addition, the thesis investigates what the underlying factors of children’s vulnerabilities are caused by and how we can decrease their vulnerabilities, using Haiti as a case study. Disasters poses substantial threat to both sustainable development and poverty reduction initiatives and can be argued to be the very “antithesis of human development”. The impacts of natural disasters are not evenly distributed among countries, neither are the impacts evenly distributed among citizens. Impacts are…
The Significance of women's participation in community forest sustainable management : a case study of Shikharpur community forest, Hokse VDC-3. Kavr…
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2012 Community forest programmes are prioritized in the Nepal government forestry sector. This program was started in Nepal during the late 1970s. The main objective of this program is to ensure local people’s participation for better forest management. Prior to the 1970s deforestation was very high due to the government nationalization act of local forests. The government had restricted local peoples access to forests. As a result, people were aggressively opposed to the government’s actions, and deforestation became a serious problem in rural Nepal. The government realized this as a fact and started a participatory approach in d…