Search for dissertations about: "Fiscal Capacity"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Fiscal Capacity.

2. 1. State Capacity and Development in Francophone West Africa

   Author : Jens Andersson; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; State capacity; Colonialism; Africa; Economic development; France;

   Abstract : This thesis proposes a unique quantitative investigation of the long-term development of modern states in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is done by measuring and analysing the dynamic history of tax revenue, as a key measure of the capacity of the state, and development in four countries in francophone West Africa – Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Senegal – over the long 20th century. READ MORE

4. 2. Inequality and Uneven Development in Ghana

   Author : Prince Young Aboagye; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cocoa; Inequality; Education; Expenditure; Fiscal Capacity; Taxation;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the extent and evolution of income and educational inequality, as well as governments’ tax and expenditure policies and their implications for inequality in Ghana over the long-term. The results of the dissertation are presented in four-thematically related papers. READ MORE

5. 3. Urban Mobility Transitions : Governing through Experimentationin Bristol and New York City

   Author : Emilia Smeds; Jenny McArthur; Helena Titheridge; Tim Schwanen; Yvonne Rydin; University College London Engineering and Public Policy Technology Department of Science; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transport; transitions; urban governance; experimentation; mobility;

   Abstract : Transitions away from car-dominance is one of the key debates in urban research, policy and practice today. Car-free public space, cycling and convenient public transport services are widely seen as desirable, yet the reconfiguration of our streets and transport networks has been incremental. READ MORE

6. 4. The State, Parliamentary Legislation and Economic Policy during the Structural Transformation of British Economy, 1700-1850

   Author : Emrah Gülsunar; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political institutions; parliament; state; economic policy; structural transformation; economic growth; Britain;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the reaction of political institutions to the structural transformation of the British economy from 1700 to 1850. The majority of the literature on the relationship between institutions and economic growth conceptualises the political institutions as a precondition to modern economic growth in the British context. READ MORE

7. 5. Equal opportunities? : a cross-national comparison of immigrant organisations in Sweden and Italy

   Author : Roberto Scaramuzzino; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : corporatism; social welfare; integration; civil society; diversity; political opportunity structures; resource mobilisation; cross-national research; immigrant organisations;

   Abstract : Abstract This thesis concerns the role played by immigrant organisations today. It focuses on the way in which the national context and especially the corporative, social welfare, and integration systems affect such roles. READ MORE