Despite efforts to end it, poverty still persists in the world today. Lately, microcredit has received much attention as a possible remedy. Even though there are many studies investigating the effects of microcredit there is a lack of research on the impact of microcredit on national poverty. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate that particular aspect by analyzing the impact so fa

Med verkan från den 12 februari 2009 har Sverige regler som begränsar lånemöjligheterna från utländska företag. Lagstiftningen trädde formellt i kraft den förste januari 2010 och har införts till följd av att Skatteverket uppmärksammat en ökad aktivitet av skatteplanering innefattande utländska holdingbolag. Ägarledda svenska företag överlät sin verksamhet till ett egenkontrollerat utländskt holdiWith effect from 12 February 2010, Sweden has adopted rules which limit the right to accept loans from foreign companies. The legislation took formal affect 1 January 2010 and were in forced due to an inquiry made by the Swedish Tax Agency (Sv. Skatteverket), which highlighted an increasing activity of tax avoidance schemes through foreign holding companies. Management owned Swedish companies tran

Illustration of a purchase process beyond Europe's borders. BM Impex is a construction company that specializes in developing and improving the flow of prefabricated materials, from drawing to the fitting in place. By looking at suppliers internationally, you can reduce the cost of the purchases, which in turn increases the more price competition in the industry. llustration of the purchasing

Based on a new Swedish legislation for accident prevention and protection, this report is thought to be a guidance of making a municipality accident prevention programme. This work is following the process introduced by the Swedish Rescue Service Agency, Räddningsverket.

The objective of this master’s thesis has been to develop a model for valuation and comparison be- tween SCA plants with reference to fire loss prevention work. The aim of this report has been ful- filled by analysing results from literature studies, interviews and questionnaires answered by per- sons experienced within fire loss prevention work and paper industry. The report resulted in a Loss Pr

The purpose of this report is to investigate the preparedness planning concerning pandemics on different levels of the society but with focus on the municipal level. The study was funded by the city of Malmö and hence the proposal is based on the city ́s organization. The methodology used was interviews, a questionnaire and vulnerability analysis. The analysis resulted in guidelines for the prepar

The aim of this master thesis is to coordinate risk management for process facilities. This has been done through several inventories concerning process facilities and their ability to coordinate risk management regarding Safety, Health and Environment. The inventories along with literature studies have resulted in a framework for coordination of SHE for risk management in process facilities. An e

The aim of the thesis is to bring clarity to what extent the routines for risk management in different divisions comply with the ones used at OKG AB as a whole. A mapping of the risk management was made through interviews with members of staff. It was observed that a common risk identification method at OKG would serve many purposes. Literature on COSO’s framework for Enterprise Risk Management an

This essay describes a comparison method that SÄRF can use to work in a simpler way to describe how the protection against accidents is within its area of activity. The method assume from the IDA-tool which is a tool The Swedish Rescue Services Agency has developed so the Swedish municipalities should be able to compare their own protection against accidents.

This master of thesis evaluates three methods for classification of areas where combustible dusts are or may be present. The methods have been applied to fictitious plant where chipboards are pro- duced. Current European directives that concern combustible dusts are also evaluated. The aim of this report is to accomplish a guiding work methodology for handling of combustible dust in the process in