Search for dissertations about: "poverty"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 309 swedish dissertations containing the word poverty.

  2. 16. Understanding poverty traps in biocultural landscapes

    Author : L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Flora Hajdu; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; poverty trap; biocultural; development; review; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    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

  4. 17. Living Longer, Living Harder : Ageing in Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh

    Author : Owasim Akram; Thomas Denk; Jan Jämte; Ilaria Pitti; Johan Vamstad; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageing; Agency; Extreme Poverty; Generational Bargain; Life History Interviews; Othering; Postcolonial; Qualitative; Social Policy; Welfare Regimes;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this dissertation is to understand the lived experience of age-ing in extreme poverty in developing countries, in this case Bangladesh, a country that hosts a large number of extreme poor and ageing population. By focusing on the role of the family, the most neglected pillar of welfare, this dissertation sheds new light on the microprocesses of welfare politics. READ MORE

  5. 18. Assistive technology, human rights and poverty in developing countries. Perspectives based on a study in Bangladesh

    Author : Johan Borg; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; disability; developing countries; assistive technology; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; human rights; low-income countries; poverty;

    Abstract : Deprived of human rights, more than half of all people with disabilities in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Although considered a prerequisite for equalization of opportunities, about nine out of ten of those who need assistive technologies do not have access to them. READ MORE

  6. 19. Pipes, Progress, and Poverty : Social and Technological Change in Urban Water Provision in Kenya and Uganda 1895-2010

    Author : David Nilsson; Arne Kaijser; Daniel Headrick; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

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  7. 20. 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