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1. Blodets och rötternas logik : Internationell adoption i välfärdens diskursiva praktik
Sammanfattning : In this thesis, transnational adoption is used as an illustrative example to address the tension between caring and differentiating aspects of the discursive practice of Swedish welfare. Drawing mainly upon postcolonial conceptualizations of nation and family, the discursive constitution of transnational adoption, transnational adoptees, and transnational adoptive families as objects of knowledge is explored. LÄS MER
2. En riktig familj : Adoption, föräldraskap och barnets bästa 1917-1975
Sammanfattning : When a family comes into existence through adoption, the state has a crucial influence. Adoption therefore gives a unique opportunity to study a societal vision of the good family. That is the point of departure for “A Real Family”. LÄS MER
3. Fairness, technology adoption, water sanitation and pandemic control : Six essays on four topics in Development Economics
Sammanfattning : Contribution Requirements and Redistribution Decisions: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh uses a controlled experiment to assess the effects of requiring co-funding to development programs on the efficiency and distribution of benefits within the community.Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Randomized Experiments tests if increasing reward to quality produce improves profits, agricultural productivity, and input use, using a randomized experiment in Uganda. LÄS MER
4. Worms, Farms and Schools : Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda
Sammanfattning : Quantifying Externalities in Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan FarmersI investigate how positive externalities contribute to underadoption of agricultural technology among sub-Saharan African farmers. I focus on the adoption of pest-control technologies. LÄS MER
5. Models for the Procurement of Subsidized Air Services : Conventional Aircraft and the Adoption of Electric Aircraft
Sammanfattning : In liberalized air transportation markets, governments often adopt subsidy schemes through which they ensure air services along routes that are deemed commercially non-viable but economically and socially essential. The objective of these subsidized air service routes is to ensure a minimum level of services to outlying communities or remote regions that are difficult to access—by other modes of transportation—from the capital, other main cities or a hub airport yet can not be served commercially due to thin demand. LÄS MER