Search for dissertations about: "rural development"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 347 swedish dissertations containing the words rural development.

  2. 11. Rural Income Diversification, Employment, and Differentiation in Kenya and Implications for Rural Change

    Author : Maria Fibaek; Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural Development; Income Diversification; Differentiation; Agrarian Political Economy; Kenya;

    Abstract : To contribute to contemporary rural development debates, the present thesis conducts a contextual analysis of rural development using Kenya as a case study from the colonial era to today. To perform the analysis, two critical trends in rural Africa are focused on: socioeconomic differentiation and rural income diversification, with a particular focus on large-scale farm employment. READ MORE

  4. 12. Solar energy for a brighter life. A case study of rural electrification through solar photovoltaic technology in the Eastern Province, Zambia

    Author : Mathias Gustavsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; rural development; rural electrification; distributed generation; photovoltaic technology; solar home system; energy services; Zambia; Sub Saharan Africa;

    Abstract : Electricity is taken for granted in many parts of the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa, typically less than 5% of the rural population have access to this energy source. Even though electricity in itself does not lead to development, it can support a development process. READ MORE

  5. 13. Rural development through social capital? An inquest into the linkages between social capital and development in war-torn villages in Sri Lanka

    Author : Dhammika Herath; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bonding social capital; bridging social capital; natural assets; rural development; and conflict;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis concerns the potential causal relationship between social capital and rural development in war-torn villages in the north of Sri Lanka. The social capital thesis centers on the notion that social relationships matter to development-related outcomes and reconstruction of war-torn societies. READ MORE

  6. 14. Urban-Rural Relations in China : A Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region

    Author : Yuheng Li; Hans Westlund; Göran Cars; Johan Klaesson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban-rural linkages; Urban bias; Urban-rural interface; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region; China; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi;

    Abstract : Over three decades of rapid economic growth in China, beginning in 1978, has been accompanied by ever-enlarging urban-rural inequalities in terms of the various aspects of income, welfare, infrastructure, medical treatment, and education (amongst others). These two parts – the urban and the rural - have long been treated separately, without much consideration being given to their mutual linkages (relations). READ MORE

  7. 15. Agricultural cooperatives and problems of transition : a study of organisational development problems in rural development

    Author : Christian Ike Onwuchekwa; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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