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Increasing evidence on impacts from climate change an variability, suggests that poor rural communities in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa need to adapt in order to reduce effects on their livelihoods. In semi-arid areas characterized by high poverty, small reservoirs even though most of them are performing below average, act as important assets that support a wide range of livelihoods. However, in t
This thesis is a case study on community-based water management and increased access to water through rainwater harvesting in rural Jordan. It also considers how women gain benefits through rainwater harvesting and their participation in community-based water management. Based on a holistic framework that merges community-based water management and water demand management, we examined Bayoudah vil
I takt med att organisationer växer hanterar de mer och mer information vilket innebär ett behov av en process, även kallad content life-cycle processen, för att samla in, hantera och publicera information på intranätet. Vidare hjälper content life-cycle processen organisationen att anpassa det man har, med det som anställda vill ha, så att organisationen kan leverera rätt information till rätt p
The overwhelming majority of disputes in Cambodia are handled in the informal justice system through mediation. Commune Councils are a vital component of the informal justice system, and their role as mediators is one of their most time-consuming duties. Currently, there is no national mediation program standardizing this function, resulting in Communes throughout the country performing dispute re
The purpose of this micro-ethnographic study was to bring to light the choices and strategies of poor people in reaction to what they imagined housing policies to be in Nicaragua. The analysis used four of Bourdieu’s concepts which are Habitus, Capital, Field, and Agency and his structuralistic constructivism and interpretivism within a mainly phenomenological approach. Both approaches emphasized
The aim of our study was to examine the relationship between creativity and wellbeing. The material for our study has been gathered through a questionnaire with self-assessment at one of Scandinavia's largest companies in the hotel industry. The questionnaire consisted of The organisational questionnaire (GEFA) and The measurement of wellbeing. In the study 90 questionnaires was distributed in
Latin America has throughout the years been home for different regional integration agreements. The two most recent examples of South American integration blocs are the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur). This thesis focuses on the static effects of integration which are caused by the future inclusion of Venezuela, a new member to Mercosur. Moreover, Venezuela’s
Background: The literature reviewed in the context of this master’ programme frequently refers to the enormous and increasing flows of people in the global era (Dicken, 2007; Lechner, 2004; Yeates, 2008); consequently, these flows have different directions and motives and represent diverse types of migration and migrants. As a result, the pivotal point here is the specificity of scientific migrati
Uganda previously had the reputation of being Africa’s food basket, which unfortunately no longer is the case. To mitigate the downwards spiral of soil depletion many organisations, both governmental and non-governmental, introduce land-management systems to farmers, with agroforestry being one example. This study aims to elucidate the importance of the dissemination of information in the context
As informal human settlements grow in some major urban centers throughout the developing world, the problem of poverty is being exacerbated by escalating waste generation. Poor sanitation and substandard living conditions in these settlements pose major health risks for millions of marginalized people. Many have resorted to working informally in unhealthy and unsafe conditions to scrounge through
This paper explores the gender differences of remittance sending behaviour of internal migrants in Vietnam. This study emerges from the context of rapid economic growth, feminisation of migration and the real potential of remittances for poverty alleviation. This twofold study investigates the determinants of remittances, and then explores if there are differences in proportions of income remitted
Samtidigt som Sverige saknar en sammanhållen alkoholpolitisk lagstiftning är alkoholmissbruk ett av våra största samhällsproblem. Syftet i uppsatsen är att utreda reglerna kring alkoholism i arbetslivet och utifrån reglerna dra slutsatser om hur långt arbetsgivarens arbetsrättsliga rehabiliteringsansvar går. För arbetsgivare ligger det ett betydande ekonomiskt intresse i att inte rehabilitera arbe
Syfte Syftet med uppsatsen är att klargöra hur EU-kommissionen i dagsläget förhåller sig till RPM samt utreda om huruvida de delade åsikterna bland jurister, ekonomer och diverse organisationer samt utvecklingen på området i USA kan tänkas påverka kommissionens framtida förhållningssätt till dessa typer av restriktioner och därmed leda till en förändring i rättsläget kring RPM inom EU. Metod Den Purpose The purpose with this thesis is to clarify how the European Commission currently relates to RPM and investigate whether the divided opinions among lawyers, economists and various organisations as well as the development on the subject in the US can affect the Commission’s future approach toward these kinds of restrictions and consequently result in a shift in the legal position of RPM in t
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om det går att finna vissa faktorer som påverkar valet av emissionstyp för företag. Tidigare studier gjorda av skillnader mellan företrädesemissioner och riktade emissioner på andra marknader ligger till grund för uppsatsen. En kvantitativ studie har genomförts av 171 nyemissioner under åren 2005 till 2009, uppdelade på 85 företrädesemissioner och 86 riktade e
This paper deals with the energy development in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, looking into how different initiatives of renewable energy use affect perceived and material living standards. The study is based on a minor field study carried out in Ladakh in the spring of 2009, and will be presented as a case study. Today, most parts of Ladakh already rely to some extent on renewable energy source
Authors: Karin Lindsjö and Johanna Rydiander Title: Leadership in social work: A study of requested variables regarded middle level leaders during recruitment [translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Staffan Blomberg Although working as a leader at middle level within social work is an interesting research area with its complex nature, there is not much science regarding this f
Tidigare forskning tyder på att imagery rescripting av tidiga och aktuella minnesbilder kopplat till negativa bilder av sig själv (sk encapsulated beliefs) är ett användbart inslag vid behandling av social fobi.Vår studie har avsett att replikera dessa resultat och mäta effekter av imagery rescripting vid social fobi. Grad av ångest kopplat till tidiga och aktuella minnesbilder, grad av livlighet Previous research indicates that imagery rescripting of both previous and current memories connected to negative self images (i.e encapsulated beliefs) is a tool in the treatment of social phobia. Our study attempted to replicate these results by measuring the effects of imagery rescripting on social phobia. The degree of anxiety connected to previous and current memories and the degree of vividne
In this thesis, a new theoretical framework is developed to study the relationship between human capital and economic development in a different perspective. The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between output composition and composition of education expenditure. Output composition is represented by the share of high value added sectors in total value added and composition of educ
