Search for dissertations about: "aid dependence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words aid dependence.

  2. 1. A Scramble for Rents : Foreign Aid and Armed Conflict

    Author : Margareta Sollenberg; Mats Hammarström; Peter Wallensteen; Erik Melander; Margit Bussmann; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed conflict; civil conflict; civil war; coup d etat; foreign aid; rents; institutions; aid dependence; aid shocks; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : Previous research has not specified the circumstances under which foreign aid may increase the probability of armed conflict. The purpose of this dissertation is to address this gap by employing a theoretical framework in which foreign aid produces incentives for a rent-seeking scramble among elites. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Interpreting a Giant : Studies of Structure and Function of Tripeptidyl-peptidase II

    Author : Sandra Eklund; Birgitta Tomkinson; Beate Rockel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tripeptidyl-peptidas II; molecular ruler; sequence signatures; pH-dependence; endopeptidase; Biochemistry; Biokemi; Biokemi; Biochemistry;

    Abstract : Tripeptidyl-peptidase II (TPP II) is a subtilisin-like serine peptidase that forms a gigantic homooligomeric complex, and is involved in the degradation of peptides in the cytosol. In addition, TPP II has been implicated in specific cellular processes, such as apoptosis control and adipogenesis, but if this is dependent on its endo- or exopeptidase activity remains to be determined. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Missing link : Business Models Lock-in in Sociotechnical Transitions

    Author : Rami Darwish; Mats Engwall; Vinit Parida; KTH; []
    Keywords : Business Models; Sociotechnical Transitions; Lock-in; Resource Dependence; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : Societal and environmental challenges present challenges for our current industrial systems. In order to respond to these difficulties, various alternative systems have been suggested, as they promise sustainability and increased societal quality of life enabled by innovative technologies. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Preservation of Favoured Morphs in the Struggle Between Sexes

    Author : Thomas Gosden; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sexual Selection; Polymorphism; Density-dependence; Population divergence; Zygoptera; Sexual Conflict;

    Abstract : Sexual selection is particularly likely to promote population divergence, because sexual traits are expected to be subject to rapid evolutionary change. Identifying the relative roles of particular barriers to the amount of total reproductive isolation between populations or closely related species can provide important clues to the mechanisms of population divergence and speciation Phenotypic trait differences among populations are thought to reflect the interaction between the intensity of gene flow versus the strength of local selection and drift. READ MORE