Search for dissertations about: "Urban poverty"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words Urban poverty.

  2. 21. Poverty and conflict in Southeast Asia

    Author : Anders Engvall; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This is a collection of papers on three Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. All four studies rely on household survey data for analyzing topics related to poverty and conflicts. Trust and Conflict in Southern ThailandThe insurgency in Thailand’s southern border provinces has caused thousands of casualties since 2004. READ MORE

  4. 22. Millennium Development Goals in Nicaragua : Analysing progress, social inequalities, and community actions

    Author : Wilton Pérez; Carina Källestål; Ilona Koupil; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Millennium Development Goals; child survival; poverty; inequality; interventions; spatial model; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : The world has made important efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015. However, it is still insufficient and inequalities prevail in the poorest settings. READ MORE

  5. 23. Essays on Growth, Political Economy and Development

    Author : Abdulaziz B. Shifa; Per Krusell; Jakob Svensson; Kjetil Storesletten; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; human capital transfer; productivity; catch-up; Urban bias; rural poverty; dictatorship; Agricultural growth; manufacturing growth; instrumental variable; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis has three self-contained articles.Economic growth and trade in human capital: A salient empirical pattern in the East Asian “miracle” is a large increase in output and factor accumulation despite  only a modest increase in TFP. I develop and calibrate a model of growth and catch-up to provide a possible explanation. READ MORE

  6. 24. Essays on Environmental and Behavioral Economics

    Author : Eyoual Demeke; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Time preference; charitable giving; intertemporal choice; Ethiopia; Experiment; institutional trust; generalized trust; power outages; willingness to pay; choice experiment; Energy Poverty; Kerosene Price; Dynamic Probit; Urban Ethiopia;

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  7. 25. Planting to feed the city? : Agricultural production, food security and multi-spatial livelihoods among urban households in Ghana

    Author : Hayford Mensah Ayerakwa; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban agriculture; Rural agriculture; Own food production; Food security; Food transfer receipts; Ghana;

    Abstract : The 2010 population and housing census in Ghana revealed that more than half of the Ghanaian population lived in urban centers. Critical to the phenomenon of urbanization is the question of how to sustainably feed the urban population especially the urban poor as rapid urbanization has the tendency to urbanize poverty. READ MORE