Search for dissertations about: "poverty reduction"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words poverty reduction.
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6. Understanding poverty traps in biocultural landscapes
Abstract : Over one and a half billion people live in poverty, with some 795 million suffering from chronic malnourishment. For many of these people this perilous situation has persisted for decades or more, in what is popularly characterized as a poverty ‘trap’. READ MORE
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7. Poverty and conflict in Southeast Asia
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
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8. Millennium Development Goals in Nicaragua : Analysing progress, social inequalities, and community actions
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
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9. Co-management Challenges In The Lake Victoria Fisheries : A Context Approach
Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the challenges to co-management in the Tanzania part of Lake Victoria. The study mainly addresses the Nile perch fishery and uses the fishing communities of Bukoba Rural district, Tanzania as a case study. READ MORE
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10. Alternative agriculture and rural development: A case study of sugar beet cultivation in Kenya
Abstract : Land use change has been observed to cause profound impacts on sustainability, particularly when the change is not well planned and co-coordinated. In Kenya the government is promoting diversification of crops to embrace high value crops and drought resistant crop varieties in efforts to reduce poverty in rural areas. READ MORE