Search for dissertations about: "Aid efficiency"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 109 swedish dissertations containing the words Aid efficiency.
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1. Three Empirical Studies on Development : Democracy, the Resource Curse and Aid
Abstract : This thesis presents three self-contained essays focusing on empirical questions in growth and development economics. Each article addresses specific questions on why countries perform differently. READ MORE
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2. Efficiency Enhancement Techniques for Free-Electron Lasers
Abstract : The central question addressed in this thesis is how to make the free-electron laser (FEL) more efficient. In recent years, coherent diffraction imaging provides an important motivation for efficiency enhancement. This is because a more efficient FEL process enables converting a larger fraction of the electron beam's power into optical power. READ MORE
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3. Exploring barriers to energy efficiency in supermarkets
Abstract : Energy efficiency activities in sections of grocery stores for chilled groceries are subject to particular challenges as this is a complex indoor environment given that the goal of store owners is to offer consumers chilled groceries of high quality in a comfortable environment while at the same time trying to reduce energy use. Consequently, it is important to maintain the right temperature in the right place and to be aware of the consumers’ shopping situation. READ MORE
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4. A data-driven decision support system for coherency of experts’ judgment in complex classification problems : The case of food security as a UN sustainable development goal
Abstract : Everyday humans need to make individual or collective decisions. Often the decisions aim at achieving multiple goals (thus involving multiple criteria) and rely on the decision maker(s)’ intuition, internal data, as well as external sources of data. READ MORE
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5. Planning and evaluation in aid organizations
Abstract : The success (or failure) of aid programmes in developing countries is difficult to measure in terms of results. In fact international cooperation in development programmes seems to have reached few of its objectives. READ MORE