Search for dissertations about: "Boserup"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Boserup.

  2. 1. Making the Most of It? : Understanding the social and productive dynamics of small farmers in semi-arid Iringa, Tanzania

    Author : Peter Gregersen; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social changes; Malthus; Boserup; Tanzania; semi-arid Africa; Iringa; conservation; sustainability; soil fertility; degradation; population; Matthew principle; social differentiation; farmerisation; de-peasantisation; livelihood diversification; rural change; agrarian change; agricultural change; small farmers; dynamics; theory of social work; Sociala förändringar; teorier om socialt arbete; Malthus; Boserup; Tanzania;

    Abstract : While much of semi-arid Africa is still sparsely populated with unused land, there are everywhere pockets of high and increasing population density in attractive locations. Small-scale farmers can respond to beginning land-scarcity in a number of ways. READ MORE

  4. 2. Deltas Apart - Factor Endowments, Colonial Extraction and Pathways of Agricultural Development in Vietnam

    Author : Montserrat Lopez Jerez; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Equality of Opportunity; Factor Endowments; Extraction; Agricultural Transformation; Initial Conditions; Rice Economy; Colonialism; Vietnam; Tonkin; Cochinchina;

    Abstract : This study provides an explanation of the different pathways of agricultural change and economic development in north and south Vietnam. It shows that pre-colonial factor endowments conditioned the development of the rice economies of the two deltas in Tonkin and Cochinchina. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Natural Resource Economics

    Author : Godwin Kofi Vondolia; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; natural resource management; bribery; social exclusion; spatial fishery management; exclusive economic zone; contingent valuation; payment vehicles; soil and water conservation; fertilizer subsidy;

    Abstract : Paper 1: Enforcement of exogenous environmental regulation, social disapproval and bribery Many resource users are not directly involved in the formulation and enforcement of resource management rules and regulations in developing countries. As a result, resource users do not generally accept such rules. READ MORE