Search for dissertations about: "aid and development in Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words aid and development in Africa.

2. 1. Aid, Education and Development

   Author : Maria Carmela Perrotta; Jakob Svensson; Carl-Johan Dalgaard; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aid; education; growth; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays in development and political economics.Aid Effectiveness: New Instrument, New Results?Despite a voluminous literature, the question of whether aid leads to growth is still controversial. READ MORE

4. 2. Taming exotic beauties : Swedish hydropower constructions in Tanzania in the era of development assistance, 1960s-1990s

   Author : May-Britt Öhman; Arne Kaijser; Kjell Havnevik; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and technology; Hydropower; Electrification; Postcolonial Theory; Feminist Theory; Science and Technology Studies; Colonialism; Development assistance; Africa; Tanzania; Southern Highlands; Great Ruaha River; Vetenskapshistoria; Teknikhistori; Vattenkraftsutbyggnad – Tanzania; Kolonialism – Tanzania; Utvecklingsbistånd – Tanzania; History of technology and industry; Teknik- och industrihistoria; Historia;

   Abstract : This study analyses the history of a large hydroelectric scheme – the Great Ruaha power project in Tanzania. The objective is to establish why and how this specific scheme came about, and as part of this to identify the key actors involved in the decision-making process, including the ideological contexts within which they acted. READ MORE

5. 3. Chinese Development Assistance and West African Agriculture : A Shifting Approach to Foreign Aid?

   Author : Yahia Mahmoud; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; China in Africa; West African Agriculture; Chinese Foreign Aid; Agricultural Development; Foreign Aid;

   Abstract : China's economic rise and its implications for international relations have attracted worldwide attention in recent years. The outcomes of this development are numerous, complex and involve a wide range of issues. In addition to radical consequences for the Chinese society itself they are also affecting the rest of the world. READ MORE

6. 4. The white wo/man's burden in the age of partnership : a postcolonial reading of identity in development aid

   Author : Maria Eriksson Baaz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identity; development aid; postcolonial theory; developmet NGOs; partnership; post-development; discourse; Africa; Tanzania; Europe; Denmark; Sweden;

   Abstract : Based on a study of two Scaninavian development NGOs in Tanzania, this thesis analyzes the construction of 'donor' and expatriate development worker identities and how these are manifested in development aid practice. While the thesis explores the articulation of 'donor' and expatriate development worker identities in a more general way, the identities are analyzed in relation to the policy of 'partnership' in particular: How are 'donor' identities manifested in the practices of development aid? How do they relate to the calls for partnership in which paternalism has no place, where 'partners progressively take the lead' and where communication is open and transparent? The thesis is based on interviews conducted in Tanzania in 1998 and 1999 and on an analysis of policy documents and other texts. READ MORE

7. 5. Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Economic Development - Experiences from Eastern Africa

   Author : Kristina Henricson Briggs; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; ; business incubation; economic development; Africa;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship as a tool for economic development became an item on the development aid agenda in the years after World War II. After having fallen out of fashion, it returned in the 1980s, when the fallacies of other economic development interventions had become apparent. READ MORE