Search for dissertations about: "aid allocation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words aid allocation.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. From debt crisis to debt relief: A study of debt determinants, aid composition and debt relief effectiveness

    Author : Pernilla Johansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; debt relief; poverty; aid allocation; aid composition; exogenous shocks; political regime; External debt; developing countries; growth; investment; HIPC;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the external debt situation of developing countries and donor responses in terms of aid composition and debt relief. Primarily, these issues are important for future debt sustainability and therefore for creating beneficial conditions for accelerating growth and reducing poverty. With a focus on domestic factors (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cognition Seen Through the Eyes of Hearing Aid Users : Working Memory Resource Allocation for Speech Perception and Recall

    Author : Andreea Micula; Jerker Rönnberg; Elaine Hoi Ning Ng; Piers Dawes; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Working memory; Free recall; Pupillary responses; Noise reduction; Arbetsminne; Återgivning; Pupillmätning; Brusreducering;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how hearing aid users allocate working (WM) memory resources under various task demands when listening to and storing speech in memory for later recall. This was done by combining an auditory recall task, the Sentence-final Word Identification and Recall (SWIR) test, with pupillometry. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Taxation, Externalities, and Poverty Traps

    Author : Fei Ao; Daniel Spiro; Chuan-Zhong Li; Thomas Aronsson; Jukka Pirttilä; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal Taxation; Externalities; Poverty traps; Aid; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I characterizes the optimal mix of linear commodity taxation and non-linear income taxation in a dynamic economy where consumption gives rise to positional and environmental externalities. READ MORE

  7. 5. Fair Scheduling and Resource Allocation in Packet Based Radio Access Networks

    Author : Torgny Holmberg; Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Telecommunication engineering; HiperAccess; network calculus; fairness; Scheduling; resource allocation; Telekommunikationsteknik;

    Abstract : Wireless communication systems are by nature and by regulations limited in bandwidth and are therefore limited in capacity. Services with Quality of Service (QoS) requirements will enforce a more efficient utilisation of the available capacity. READ MORE