Search for dissertations about: "development aid"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 499 swedish dissertations containing the words development aid.

  2. 1. Matrixing Aid : The Rise and Fall of 'Results Initiatives' in Swedish Development Aid

    Author : Janet Vähämäki; Maria Mårtensson; Bengt Jacobsson; Anders Forssell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Management Reforms; Results; Development Aid; Donor Practice; Sida; Reform Cycles; Tides of Reforms; Performance Measurement; Performance Management; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : Reform ideas, such as results measurement and management, tend to come and go in different ‘tides of reforms’. The purpose of this thesis is to increase our understanding of tides of reforms by identifying and discussing mechanisms that drive the rise, as well as the fall, of management reforms. READ MORE

  4. 2. (Dis)assembling Development : Organizing Swedish Development Aid through Projectification

    Author : David Scott; Malin Rönnblom; Tomas Mitander; Paul Stubbs; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Assemblage; Projectification; Development Aid; Power; Politics; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The rolling out of governing arrangements related to marketization and managerialization has characterized contemporary societies over the last decades, signaling a radical change in how governance is organized. A particular form of governing that has been given impetus during this transformation is the project. READ MORE

  5. 3. Aid and development

    Author : Marian Radetzki; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

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  6. 4. Aid, Education and Development

    Author : Maria Carmela Perrotta; Jakob Svensson; Carl-Johan Dalgaard; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aid; education; growth; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays in development and political economics.Aid Effectiveness: New Instrument, New Results?Despite a voluminous literature, the question of whether aid leads to growth is still controversial. READ MORE

  7. 5. 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