Sökning: "debt relief"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden debt relief.

  1. 1. From debt crisis to debt relief: A study of debt determinants, aid composition and debt relief effectiveness

    Författare :Pernilla Johansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; debt relief; poverty; aid allocation; aid composition; exogenous shocks; political regime; External debt; developing countries; growth; investment; HIPC;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the external debt situation of developing countries and donor responses in terms of aid composition and debt relief. Primarily, these issues are important for future debt sustainability and therefore for creating beneficial conditions for accelerating growth and reducing poverty. With a focus on domestic factors (e.g. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility

    Författare :Sven Tengstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zambia; agriculture; income diversification; structural change; poverty; global clothing industry; new economic geography; comparative advantages; industrial agglomeration; HIPC; debt relief; debt overhang; investment; incentives; disability; mobility impairment; marginal utility; hypothetical lotteries; risk.;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Överskuldsatt och skyldig : en rättsvetenskaplig analys av konsumentskyddet mot överskuldsättning

    Författare :Ann-Sofie Henrikson; Annina H Persson; Ruth Mannelqvist; Tom Madell; Johan Bärlund; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumer protection; consumer credit; over-indebtedness; debt-relief; debt problems; konsumentskydd; konsumentkrediter; överskuldsättning; skuldsanering; skuldproblem; Law; juridik; Law; juridik;

    Sammanfattning : Consumer credit is seen as a matter of course and an essential precondition enabling the individual consumer to allocate in a smooth manner his or her income to varying expenses, and allowing the growth-rate to increase in society. The consumer community using different forms of credit has increased and includes today a diversity of social groups such as the elderly, children, the rich and the poor. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays in Development Economics: Debt Relief and International Location of Industry

    Författare :Sven Tengstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The first paper shows that if the period following the granting of debt relief is taken into account, debt relief increases adjustment effort (investment), irrespective of whether there is an initial debt overhang or not. The second paper deals with the clothing sector, which has been a driver of diversification and growth for countries that have graduated into middle income. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on Health in Developing Countries

    Författare :Anna Welander Tärneberg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child Health; Developing Countries; Globalization; Democracy; Multilateral Debt Relief; Quality of Health Care; Health Worker Competence; Patient Satisfaction;

    Sammanfattning : Health plays an essential role for human and economic development. This thesis consists of four independent empirical papers on health and health care in developing countries. The first paper investigates the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health in low- and middle-income countries. LÄS MER