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  1. 6. The Regionalisation Process in Southeast Asia: Exploring Current Cooperation and Integration Schemes

    Författare :Lena Lindberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; AFTA; IAI; ASEAN 3; GMS; ACMECS; CLMV; Cambodia; Laos; regionalisation; regionalism; economic integration.;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with the current regionalisation process in Southeast Asia, and exploratively examines the various cooperation and integration schemes that take place in the region. The main focus is placed on, first, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and, second, the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and the Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Rural Income Diversification, Employment, and Differentiation in Kenya and Implications for Rural Change

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Growth without Democracy : Challenges to Authoritarianism in Vietnam

    Författare :Eva Hansson; Björn Beckman; Olle Törnquist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; party-state; economic liberalisation; authoritarianism; democratisation; civil society; labour strikes; trade unions and democratisation; industrial zones; Foreign Direct Investment; Vietnam; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Vietnam today can clearly be counted as a case of economic success. At a party congress in the mid-1980s, the formal decisions were made on a reform program under the name of Doi Moi (renovation), which aimed at liberalising and reforming the economy. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Four Essays on Technology, Productivity and Environment

    Författare :Jan Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; BAT; DEA; Dynamic factor demand; Efficiency; Emission; Environmental regulation; Multiproduct symmetric generalized McFadden cost function; Malmquist index; Mexico; NAFTA; Norwegian manufacturing; Productivity; Trade liberalisation;

    Sammanfattning : The main subject of this thesis is the relationship between economic growth and environmental effects when the interaction between firms' behaviour and regulations are taken into account. In the first three papers I discuss different aspects of the relationship between regulations and environmental effects. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Foreign Direct Investment by Large Swedish Firms - the Role of Economic Integration and Exchange Rates

    Författare :Johan Ekström; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Eclectic Paradigm; Strategic Objective; Exchange Rates; FDI; Economic Integration;

    Sammanfattning : Two important features of the global economy in the last few decades have been the increasing degree of regional economic integration and the increasing volatility of real exchange rates. Due to the EU membership and the single European currency, issues related to regional economic integration and exchange rate changes hold prominence on the business and political agenda in Sweden. LÄS MER