Search for dissertations about: "poverty china"

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2. 1. Incentives and Forest Reform: Evidence from China

   Author : Yuanyuan Yi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forest devolution; Household management; Forest investment; Deforestation; Allocative efficiency; Household welfare; Forestland rental markets; Collective forest tenure reform; Managerial incentives; Environmental protection; State-owned forests; State-owned enterprises; Chinese-style federalism; Two-principal; one-agent model; China;

   Abstract : Chapter I: Forest Devolution Reform in China: A Trigger for Investment or Deforestation? I investigate whether and how the devolution of forestland to households in China triggered investment in forestland, and its effect on forest resource conditions. The investment analysis is based on a panel dataset of a two-round survey of 3,000 households in eight provinces before and after the implementation of the forest devolution reform, while the analysis of resource conditions is based on satellite imagery on forest cover and vegetation during 2001-2012. READ MORE

4. 2. About Child Poverty – A Bangladesh's Perspective

   Author : Syeda Shahanara Begum; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child poverty; Bangladesh; Education; Multidimensional deprvation; Intergenerational transmission of poverty; Public services; Corruption; Economic growth; Income inequality; Grounded theory approach;

   Abstract : Taking child poverty into account as an enormous concern on the pathway to human development, the present dissertation aims to examine child poverty’s extent and characteristics, poor children’s views on this issue and their policy recommendation to reduce it. The research questions are: 1) what are the extent and characteristics of child poverty in Bangladesh? 2) What is child poverty? Why and how do children experience it? 3 (a) To what extent and in what respect does child poverty differ between Bangladesh and China? 3 (b) What are the reasons for the differences in child poverty over time between the two countries? 4 ) What is needed to reduce child poverty in Bangladesh according to its principal victims? The present dissertation is based on research mainly with young children aged up to 14 years. READ MORE

5. 3. Interdisciplinary knowledge integration and the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. Case studies on rural livelihoods in Kenya and China

   Author : Per Knutsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable livelihoods approach; rural development; climate change; land use; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; China; Kenya;

   Abstract : To understand the complex and multifaceted problems of rural development in Africa and Asia, perspectives that have the capacity to consider, combine and integrate contributions from different disciplines and different stakeholders are needed. Through five papers based on case-studies in rural Kenya and China, this dissertation contributes towards reaching such a perspective. READ MORE

6. 4. Getting old in a changing world : Sons, pension, and the wellbeing of the elderly in contemporary China

   Author : Zeyuan Chen; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ageing; health; retirement; pension; son preference; happiness; China;

   Abstract : The Chinese population is rapidly aging, which has brought challenges for the elderly support system. Until very recently, only urban employees were eligible to receive a pension, while the rural elderly were forced to rely on income from their own labor and support from their family. READ MORE

7. 5. Health care financing in China : equity in transition

   Author : Lennart Bogg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Equity; gender; health expenditure; health financing; health insurance; health reform; health services; family planning; maternal health; tuberculosis; China;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is 1) to assess equity in the provision, financing and utilization of health services in the study counties, after the launching of the Chinese health reform, in relation to income and health status, 2) to assess equity in utilization, financial barriers to care and poverty impact and the association of financial variables; alternative health insurance systerns and out-of-pocket financing and the association of non-financial variables; gender, age, education, occupation and geographical distance to health facilities. The data collection was carried out from 1993 to 1996. READ MORE