Sökning: "human resources"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 818 avhandlingar innehållade orden human resources.

  1. 31. Socio-Economic Transformation and Gender Relations in Lao PDR

    Författare :Damdouane Khouangvichit; Aina Tollefsen; Gunnar Malmberg; Jonathan Rigg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-economic transformation; gender relations; Lao PDR; globalization; livelihoods; tourism; mining; economic liberalization; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine socio-economic transformation and gender relations in Lao PDR after the adoption of economic liberalization by the Lao government in the late 1980s. Against a background of general socio-economic transformation in Laos the main focus of the study is on the local level, with emphasis on how people in their everyday lives have engaged with and handled the changes. LÄS MER

  3. 32. Promoting equality between women and men in bilateral development cooperation : Concepts, goals, rationales and institutional arrangements. Part One. Theory, practice and priorities for change. Part Two. Empirical studies in two sectors in Tanzania: Household water supplies and health development

    Författare :Carolyn Hannan; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; water supplies; United Nations; Tanzania; organizational change; mainstreaming; institutional development; human geography; health development; feminist geography; Gender equality; bilateral development cooperation; women´s empowerment.; Social geography; Socialgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : Gender equality has been on the development cooperation agenda for more than three decades. Bilateral agencies have developed policies, strategies, methodologies and tools to support achievement of this important goal. LÄS MER

  4. 33. "At Least There is Something!" : Strategic decision-making by female farmers in Western Kenya

    Författare :Helen Nyberg; Mats Widgren; Peter Kinlund; Anders Närman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Western Kenya; Luo; Luhya; female farmers; gender system; gender contract; intensification of agriculture; diversification of agriculture; diversification of economic sources; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : In rural sub-Saharan Africa women are often described as the most important farmers, producing the bulk of subsistence food. In this study it is shown that female farmers in the four visited villages of Western Kenya are much more than farmers. LÄS MER

  5. 34. Landsbygdsboende i inflyttarnas perspektiv. Intention och handling i lokalsamhället

    Författare :Susanne Stenbacka; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; countryside; counterurbanisation; living milieu; rural; local community; insiders wiev; practice; values; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with counterurbanisation in Sweden. 'Action in context' is an important concept; the background, characteristics and intentions of the newcomers, and the physical and social milieu in which they settle, constitute the context of their actions in a new environment. LÄS MER

  7. 35. Från Sorgedalen till Glädjehöjden – omgivningens betydelse för socioekonomisk karriär

    Författare :Eva Andersson; John Jørgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; contextual effects; residential segregation; social justice; socio-economic career; welfare; Gävle; Jönköping; Västerås; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is to analyse the significance of surroundings for an individual's socio-economic career in the form of education, occupational status and income. Guided by a social theoretical perspective the study reveals places of good fortune and places of few opportunities.The approach uses two empirical data sets. LÄS MER