Search for dissertations about: "Latin America"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words Latin America.

  2. 1. Combined Energy Solutions Applied to Dairy Farming in Bolivia and Latin America

    Author : Johnny Villarroel-Schneider; Andrew R. Martin; Anders Malmquist; Valentina Zaccaria; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Polygeneration; productive sector; dairy farm; farming; biogas; energy efficiency; electricity; refrigeration; self-sufficiency; techno-economic; GHG emissions; Bolivia; Latin America; Polygeneration; produktiv sektor; mjölkgård; jordbruk; biogas; energieffektivitet; elektricitet; kylning; självförsörjning; teknisk-ekonomisk; växthusgasutsläpp; Bolivia; Latinamerika; Poligeneración; sector productivo; granja; ganadería; biogás; eficiencia energética; electricidad; refrigeración; autosuficiencia; tecno-económico; GEI; Bolivia; América Latina; Energiteknik; Energy Technology;

    Abstract : The transition towards a sustainable world requires immediate action on the part of individuals and communities. Developing countries find the task of incorporating climate change policies difficult for various reasons including the negative effects that the Covid-19 pandemic left behind on the economy. READ MORE

  4. 2. Labor Markets in Transformation: Case Studies of Latin America

    Author : Erik Jonasson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural non-agricultural employment; economic geography; farm household model; earnings differentials; informal employment; social norms; government effectiveness; Latin America; Brazil; Peru;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains three independent studies that analyze labor markets in transformation. They focus on two central elements of labor markets in developing countries: non-agricultural employment in the rural economy and informal employment in the urban economy. READ MORE

  5. 3. Income distribution and health in Latin America. The interplay between social determinants of health for explaining health inequities

    Author : Natalia Vincens; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; income distribution; social capital; neighborhood; infrastructure; socioeconomic position; health; equity; mixed-methods; Latin America; Brazil;

    Abstract : Even though there is persuasive evidence to support the association between income distribution and health, research in the field is still progressing. There are questions, for instance, about the significance of the association in different countries and about the mechanisms linking income distribution and health. READ MORE

  6. 4. Comparative study of the analyses of Soviet specialists regarding the socio-economic problems of Latin America and analyses made by the Latin American communist parties: 1970-1979

    Author : Edmé Domínguez Reyes; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international relations; Soviet Union; Latin America;

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  7. 5. Social Policy of Our Time? : An Inquiry into Evidence, Assumptions, and Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America

    Author : Johan Sandberg; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social policy; conditional cash transfers; policy diffusion; poverty; human capital; Latin America; Uruguay; Guatemala;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents an inquiry into existing evidence, underlying assumptions, and the rapid diffusion of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in Latin America. Equally concerned with empirical research on CCTs’ assumed capabilities and the programmes’ political economy and social policy contexts, this inquiry combines systematic analyses and case studies from field work in Uruguay and Guatemala. READ MORE