Search for dissertations about: "local economic development policies"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 80 swedish dissertations containing the words local economic development policies.
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6. Urban policies for a contemporary periphery : Insights from eastern Russia
Abstract : In recent decades, the notion of quality of life has been closely associated with the built urban environment and urbanistic practice. Policies addressing public space and aiming at cities’ increased international competitiveness are proliferating. READ MORE
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7. The Internet of Things: Projects-Places-Policies
Abstract : The ongoing transition from the Internet age to the Internet of Things age is a paradigm shift of knowledge production and interactions: information and knowledge can be produced and disseminated either without or with very little human interventions. Non-human actors are given cognitive abilities, thus joining with humans to become the producers and carriers of knowledge, especially more tacit type of knowledge. READ MORE
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8. Rapid Urbanization : An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Urban Transition in Developing Countries
Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the challenges posed by the contemporary urban narrative in developing countries. It is premised on the notion of the urban transition, which posits that as a country develops it undergoes a transformation from a predominantly rural society to a predominantly urban one. READ MORE
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9. Labour Market Policies : Structure and Content, Space and Time
Abstract : Labour market policies has two aims: cushioning the economic hardship caused by unemployment and increasing employment rates. In many welfare states, responsibilities for such policies are divided between different political-administrative levels. READ MORE
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10. Development and 'The other within': the culturalisation of the political economy of poverty in the Northern Uplands of Viet Nam
Abstract : The dissertation deals with the issue of poverty in eight villages in Northern Viet Nam during the current Doi Moi reforms. In all reforms, poverty alleviation has been a main concern for which market economy and economic growth have been seen as largely successful tools. However, in parallel to economic growth, the social inequality has increased. READ MORE