Search for dissertations about: "Reforms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 263 swedish dissertations containing the word Reforms.

2. 1. Pension reforms and retirement behaviour

   Author : Erik Glans; Henry Ohlsson; Jan Pettersson; Erik Hernaes; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Retirement; pension reform; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays. Essay 1. Knowledge about how elderly workers react to changes in pension benefits is important in guiding the design of social security systems. This essay contributes to this knowledge by examining the effect of changes in replacement rates on part-time retirement behaviour in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. Health workforce development post-1990s health sector reforms : the case of medical doctors in Tanzania

   Author : Nathanael Sirili; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Isabel Goicolea; Angwara Denis Kiwara; Ottar Mædstad; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health sector reforms; health workforce; doctors; training; deployment; retention; decentralized health sector; public-private partnership; rural; Tanzania; low- and middle- income countries; Public health; folkhälsa;

   Abstract : Background: Health systems in many low- and middle-income countries suffer from critical shortages and inequitable geographical distribution of the health workforce. Since the 1940s, many low- and middle-income countries have passed through different regimes of health sector reforms; the most recent one was in the 1990s. READ MORE

5. 3. Resistance to Reforms: settlement and agricultural reforms in post-genocide Rwanda

   Author : Gumira Joseph Hahirwa; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Resistance; power; reform s ; implementation; settlement; agriculture; genocide; Rwanda;

   Abstract : In this thesis I explore the phenomenon of resistance to settlement and agricultural reforms in post-genocide Rwanda. The aim of the thesis is to understand how farmers experience the implementation of settlement and agricultural reforms and how they react to and resist them. READ MORE

6. 4. Administrative Reforms and the Quest for Foreign Investment in China : The Case of Shenzhen

   Author : Maria Sönne; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; China; competition; resource dependence; investment environment; foreign investments; institutions; organizational environment; organization theory; public administration; administrative reforms; Shenzhen; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : This study examines the attempts made by one local government in China, Shenzhen, to improve its investment environment for foreign-invested enterprises through administrative reforms between 1980 and 1997. Three empirical questions are posed: what reforms have been undertaken, what effects have they had and how have changes in the organizational environment affected them. READ MORE

7. 5. Matrixing Aid : The Rise and Fall of 'Results Initiatives' in Swedish Development Aid

   Author : Janet Vähämäki; Maria Mårtensson; Bengt Jacobsson; Anders Forssell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Management Reforms; Results; Development Aid; Donor Practice; Sida; Reform Cycles; Tides of Reforms; Performance Measurement; Performance Management; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : Reform ideas, such as results measurement and management, tend to come and go in different ‘tides of reforms’. The purpose of this thesis is to increase our understanding of tides of reforms by identifying and discussing mechanisms that drive the rise, as well as the fall, of management reforms. READ MORE