Search for dissertations about: "small-scale trade"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words small-scale trade.
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11. Child Marriage, Human Development and Welfare : Using Public Spending, Taxation and Conditional Cash Transfers as Policy Instruments
Abstract : The theme of this thesis is to analyze the impact of policy interventions such as financing human development (HD), tax reform and conditional cash transfer programmes, under the framework of growth and sustainable development. These policy instruments are evaluated through the application of both partial and general equilibrium models, and the last paper concentrates on developing regional social accounting matrices (SAMs) as a core database for spatial general equilibrium modelling. READ MORE
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12. Continuity or not? : Family farming and agricultural transformation in 20th century Estonia
Abstract : This doctoral thesis explores the agrarian development in 20th Estonia and the role of family farming during three major agricultural transformations. It consists of four papers and an introductory chapter for which the common departure are the situation appearing in the Estonian farming landscape after the regained independence in 1991. READ MORE
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13. Forest reindeer herding A.D. 1-1800 : an archaeological and palaeoecological study in northern Sweden
Abstract : This thesis deals with reindeer domestication and herding in northern Sweden. The work is focussed on the introduction of forest reindeer herding but this problem is discussed in a wider economic and cultural context.The archaeological material is considered from sourcecritical aspects. READ MORE
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14. Outlier Detection as a Safety Measure for Safety Critical Deep Learning
Abstract : Context: Deep learning (DL) has proven to be a valuable component in object detection and semantic segmentation tasks, as the techniques have shown significant performance gains compared to hand-made image processing algorithms. DL refers to an optimization process where a model learns properties and parameters itself through in iterative process running on labeled data. READ MORE
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15. Costs of foraging in a dry tropical environment
Abstract : This study evaluates the costs associated with foraging for birds in a savannah woodland area in central Nigeria. Specifically, it looks at the following questions: 1) how does seasonal variability in food and water availability affect the value of resources to birds in dry environments? 2) Does proximity to water affect foraging decisions? What implication will this have in the management of savannah birds? 3) Are tropical birds mostly affected by metabolic or predation costs? 4) What factors affect diet selection in birds and how? 5) How are birds adapted to hot dry environments? I carried out experiments in the field and in an aviary and provided artificial food patches, consisting of feeding trays with seeds mixed in sand or pebbles (in the aviary study). READ MORE
