Search for dissertations about: "IT for rural development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 200 swedish dissertations containing the words IT for rural development.
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1. Literacy and development : A study of Yemissrach Dimts literacy campaign in Ethiopia
Abstract : The problem of illiteracy has been the object of many studies during recent decades. In Ethiopia, a country which reports one of the lowest literacy rates in Africa, the Yemissrach Dimts Literacy Campaign (YDLC) was started in 1962. Its activities were concentrated to rural areas and directed primarily towards adults. READ MORE
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2. Multinational Companies and Host Partnership in Rural Development : A Network Perspective on the Lamco Case
Abstract : Multinational companies (MNCs) in less developed countries (LDCs) are regularly contracted to undertake rural development around their sites. Likewise, they regularly fail. READ MORE
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3. Health for community dwelling older people : trends, inequalities, needs and care in rural Vietnam
Abstract : Background InVietnam, the proportion of people aged 60 and above has increased rapidly in recent decades. The majority live in rural areas where socioeconomic status is more disadvantaged than in urban areas.Vietnam’s economic status is improving but disparities in income and living conditions are widening between groups and regions. READ MORE
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4. Rural Development and Territorial Dynamics in the Province of Misiones, Argentina
Abstract : During the 1990s, Latin America went through important structural transformations. The continent experienced a profound alteration in the relations between the state, society, market and natural environment. READ MORE
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5. Growth and decline in rural Sweden : geographical distribution of employment and population 1960–2010
Abstract : This thesis investigates the combination of changes in the population and employment into sectors in rural Sweden for the period 1960-2010. The aim is to describe and analyze the demographic changes together with the labour market changes, and to account for the spatial outcome of these changes by considering the heterogeneity of rural areas. READ MORE