Search for dissertations about: "Foreign aid and economic development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Foreign aid and economic development.

  2. 1. Defining strong ownership: Institutional Determinants and Stakeholder Interests in Vietnamese Development Planning

    Author : Thi Le Thanh Nguyen Forsberg; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; and Vietnam.; poverty reduction; foreign aid; development politics; development ownership; political institutions; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : The current development debate emphasizes national ownership of the development agenda as a precondition for sustainable development and aid effectiveness. Vietnam is often held up as a good example of strong ownership. Yet, the ownership concept is not clearly defined or understood due to a lack of empirically rooted evidence and analysis. READ MORE

  4. 2. Political economy and macroeconomics : on foreign aid and development

    Author : Jakob Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ekonomisk utveckling; Internationellt utvecklingssamarbete; U-länder;

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  5. 3. Three Empirical Studies on Development : Democracy, the Resource Curse and Aid

    Author : Jan Pettersson; Fabrizio Zilibotti; Ragnar Torvik; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democracy; Economic Growth; Consolidation; Political Systems; Natural Resources; Appropriability; Property Rights; Institutions; Development; Foreign Aid; Fungibility; Poverty; Public Expenditure; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    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

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Aid and Economic Performance - The Case of Tanzania

    Author : Hans Falck; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics of development; real exchange rate; resource allocation; Dutch Disease; foreign aid; forms of aid; Utvecklingsekonomi;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to contribute to the knowledge about the effects of foreign aid in Tanzania during the period 1964-93. However, such a study is also relevant from a more general perspective since the results can hopefully be relevant for other aid-recipient countries. READ MORE