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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 349 avhandlingar innehållade ordet poverty.

  1. 21. Assistive technology, human rights and poverty in developing countries. Perspectives based on a study in Bangladesh

    Författare :Johan Borg; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; disability; developing countries; assistive technology; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; human rights; low-income countries; poverty;

    Sammanfattning : Deprived of human rights, more than half of all people with disabilities in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Although considered a prerequisite for equalization of opportunities, about nine out of ten of those who need assistive technologies do not have access to them. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Pipes, Progress, and Poverty : Social and Technological Change in Urban Water Provision in Kenya and Uganda 1895-2010

    Författare :David Nilsson; Arne Kaijser; Daniel Headrick; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

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  4. 23. Essays on Taxation, Externalities, and Poverty Traps

    Författare :Fei Ao; Daniel Spiro; Chuan-Zhong Li; Thomas Aronsson; Jukka Pirttilä; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal Taxation; Externalities; Poverty traps; Aid; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I characterizes the optimal mix of linear commodity taxation and non-linear income taxation in a dynamic economy where consumption gives rise to positional and environmental externalities. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Development and Resilience : Re-thinking poverty and intervention in biocultural landscapes

    Författare :L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Wiebren Boonstra; M. Jahi Chappell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biocultural diversity; coevolution; development; interdisciplinary; Pamir Mountains; poverty traps; resilience; social-ecological systems; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : The practices related to the growing, harvesting, preparation, and celebration of food over millennia have given rise to diverse biocultural landscapes the world over. These landscapes – rich in biological and cultural diversity – are often characterised by persistent poverty, and, as such, are often the target of development interventions. LÄS MER

  7. 25. International tourism development and poverty reduction in Lao PDR

    Författare :Saithong Phommavong; Dieter K. Müller; Aina Tollefsen; Erika Sörensson; Timothy S. Oakes; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pro-poor tourism; tourism development; poverty reduction; ethnic tourism; gender; Laos;

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