Sökning: "small-scale credit"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden small-scale credit.

  1. 1. A Genealogy of Governing Economic Behaviour : Small-scale credit in Malawi 1930–2010

    Författare :Johanna Värlander; Sofia Murhem; Göran Salmonsson; Torbjörn Engdahl; Maria Eriksson Baaz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governmentality; small-scale credit; microcredit; Malawi; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the aim has been to analyse changes and continuity in the governing of economic behaviour in small-scale credit schemes in colonial Nyasaland and independent Malawi from 1930 until 2010. Furthermore, how the effects of history in terms of how colonial and post-colonial development discourses and practices have been rephrased and reused in the early 21st century are discussed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. On the Analysis and Fault-Diagnosis Tools for Small-Scale Heat and Power Plants

    Författare :Jaime Arriagada; Kraftverksteknik; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Thermal engineering; applied thermodynamics; Termisk teknik; termodynamik; genetic algorithms; neural networks; fault diagnosis; maintenance; availability; reliability; energy analysis; combined heat and power; Methods and tools; small scale;

    Sammanfattning : The deregulation of the electricity market drives utilities and independent power producers to operate heat and power plants as profit centers. In order to keep the economic margins on the credit side, the preferred measures have been to improve the electrical efficiency through changes in the hardware and boost the overall efficiency through e.g. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The effects of the land tenure reform programme on tenure security and agricultural development in Rwanda: the case of Musanze district, Northern Province

    Författare :Emmanuel Muyombano; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land tenure systems; land administration; land management; land registration and titling; land use consolidation; land tenure security;

    Sammanfattning : This PhD thesis is a compilation thesis comprising a research frame of seven chapters, and four related papers. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of the land tenure reform programme on the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, focusing on two of the main components, the land registration and titling programme (LRT) and the land use consolidation (LUC) programme. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Monetary Policy and Asset Markets

    Författare :Virginia Queijo von Heideken; Torsten Persson; Jon Faust; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; DSGE models; long-term interest rates; financial frictions; house prices; Bayesian estimation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays on monetary policy and asset markets.“Monetary Policy Regimes and the Volatility of Long-Term Interest Rates” addresses two questions that have been studied separately in the literature. First, the paper aims at explaining the high volatility of long-term interest rates observed in the data. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Bergsmän och tackjärnspatroner. Perspektiv på industrialiseringsprocessen 1810 – 1900

    Författare :Linus Karlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mining peasants; industrialization; iron industry; Lekebergslagen; 19th century;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the preconditions for the industrialization of the Swedish iron industry in Lekebergslagen in the county of Närke. It focuses on the Bergsman and the ironworks, and on the division of production between these two, which was imposed by the government from the 17th century onto the early 19th century. LÄS MER