Search for dissertations about: "Gender and Development Program"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words Gender and Development Program.
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1. Education, Gender and Media : Empirical Essays in Development Economics
Abstract : The first essay, Edutainment Radio, Women’s Status and Primary School Participation: Evidence from Cambodia, investigates whether exposure to education-entertainment radio leads to improved women's status and primary school participation. Results show significant behavioral effects related to women's decision-making power and investments in children's primary schooling in exposed areas. READ MORE
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2. Exploring connections in social-ecological systems : The links between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in South Africa
Abstract : A key challenge of the Anthropocene is to advance human development without undermining critical ecosystem services. Central to this challenge is a better understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being, which interact in dynamic and complex social-ecological systems. READ MORE
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3. Bodies and Battlefields : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Colombian Armed Conflict
Abstract : Since the Second World War, most contemporary wars have taken place within countries and imposed overwhelming stressors on civilian populations. Women living in conflict may be particularly at risk of sexual and reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity that could have been prevented, a lack of access to health care goods and services, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Empirical Development Economics: Education, Health and Gender
Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical essays in development economics on education, health and gender."Income Shocks and Gender Gaps in Education: Evidence from Uganda" uses exogenous variation in rainfall across districts in Uganda to estimate the causal effects of household income shocks on children's enrollment and cognitive skills conditional on gender. READ MORE
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5. Migraine and Stress : An Internet administered Multimodal Behavioral Treatment Intervention
Abstract : Migraine is a disabling neurological disorder with high prevalence, the clinical manifestations of which are highly dependent on stress. The overall theme of the present thesis was to address aspects of stress in migraine. READ MORE