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This thesis is located at the intersection of two concepts: accountability in and communication for development. Two review chapters provide an overview of their general reception in the development discourse, relevant definitions and the significance both concepts have gained for the work of development NGOs. Within each concept the thesis focuses on a particular aspect: downward accountability a
Russia have recently started to reassert themselves in their near abroad. With their annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea peninsula following an independence referendum other post-Soviet states have been looking at their Russian minorities nervously for signs of similar separatist tendencies. This paper will examine if there are valid reasons for these fears. To do this a comparative study has been
Title: Social Environmental Accounting and Accountability - a preparer’s perspective on the relationship between the accountor and the accountee within the food industry in Sweden Seminar date: 2014-06-02 Course: BUSN69 Degree Project - Accounting & Auditing Authors: Ola Nordahl & Alexander Chiem Advisors: Karin Jonnergård & Amanda Tan Sonnerfeldt Five key words: Sustainability reporti
This thesis examines three different conflicts in two different areas in Georgia, which created 254,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. This thesis examines whether Georgia fulfills its obligations under international law towards these two groups of IDPs. The definition of the IDPs is compared according to the Guiding Principles of the United Nations and the Law of Georgia on F
This essay examines the peacebuilding discourse that emerges from the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and its cooperation with Guinea-Bissau in their efforts to build a stable peace in the country. In this discourse I analyze how the linguistic constructions of security and gender affect how security is viewed and who is able to create it. This since the language used by the organization c
This essay aims to investigate how Amnesty International handles the so called peace versus justice dilemma in post-conflict societies. This is done by studying a number of Amnesty publications published between 1996 and 2000, concerning various aspects of justice within the peacebuilding-process in Sierra Leone. More concretely, what is studied is whether Amnesty tends to prefer judicial (trials)
The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. The results aim to be relevant on a boarder context in the hope to contribute to the research of other aid dependen
Trots vårt moderna samhälle med ett materiellt överflöd och till synes vägar för alla att vara delaktiga, bidra och få hjälp finns fortfarande grupper i samhället som behöver stöd. Dessa grupper inkluderar bland annat personer med olika former av funktionsnedsättningar, som inte utan hjälp kan vara en aktiv del i samhället, eller i en del fall inte ens ta hand om sig själva. Dessa grupper behöver
Studies about migration and development consist of a vast field of themes. However, irregular migration between developing countries is to a large extent still an unexplored area. Based on a constructivist approach and a qualitative study, this paper explores the structural explanations of irregular migration from Nicaragua to Costa Rica and the categorisation of migration flows into ‘south’ and ‘
Title: Discussing the motivation of knowledge workers to engage in employee driven innovation – the influence of trust in organisational processes Date of the seminar: June 3rd 2014 Course: Master Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and degree project (Master thesis 15 ECTS) Authors: Sam Hobbs & Julien Véron Supervisor: Håkan Lagerquist Keywords: Motivation, trust, employ
This thesis looks at the effects a coffee cooperative in the municipality of Salgar has on its member farmers, and its implication for rural development in the region. Coffee cooperatives have become important strategic institutions within the coffee sector in the country, instigated by the National Coffee Growers Federation. It is the only agricultural sector in the country where farmers can be g
Detta arbete syftar till att undersöka vad i framställningsprocessen som kan resultera i felaktig eller missvisande geografisk information, vilka konsekvenser spridning av felaktig geografisk information kan få och varför konsekvenserna ser ut som de gör. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter inleds med bland andra Foucault och Bacons förklaringar om förhållanden mellan kunskap och makt. Vidare är da
The purpose of this thesis paper is to describe how a physical border affects the Human security of people living in the borderlands and to investigate how the theory of Zartman is compatible with Human security as described by Owens. The case described is the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and South Ossetia where Russian soldiers erect a fence in 2011. The study uses Zartman’s
Då människor utsätts för utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning utsätts de för en stor risk att drabbas av marginalisering. Utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning innebär flera olika risker för de förflyttade personerna. Dessa risker måste förebyggas för att motverka att marginalisering för de förflyttade uppstår. Uppsatsen studerar utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning för projektet Integrated Hous
Problem/Bakgrund: Genom den teknologiska utvecklingen har ungdomar idag vuxit upp i en värld där den digitala kommunikationen har blivit en naturlig del i vardagen och där de ständigt kommunicerar via telefonsamtal, sms och sociala medier. Vad händer egentligen mellan ungdomarna och deras kommunikation via mobiltelefonen – den ständiga flexibla kommunikation, där det verbala språket har fått en al
The concept of run-o triangles is widely used within the actuarial eld. Its purpose is to estimate Incurred But Not Reported claims for insurance portfolios, in order to set appropriate reserves that are in compliance with regulatory requirements as well as the company's risk appetite. In this thesis, a parametric approach is proposed, where the portfolios are modeled using non-stationary dist
’Det kändes som ett sommarregn, men det var gentrifieringen’ sjunger bandet Docenterna om stadsdelen Södermalm i Stockholm. Och det är just Södermalms socioekonomiska strukturförändring som kanske är det mest igenkända exemplet av gentrifiering i Sverige. När nya inflyttare med högre ekonomisk status stegvis ersätter ett områdes befintliga invånare, som ofta men inte alltid har en lägre ekonomisk
Denna kandidatuppsats är skriven av Charlotta Strohkirch och Fideli Österström, och är författad i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid institutionen för kommunikation och medier vid Lunds Universitet. Uppsatsens titel är ”Kamratposten i genusfabriken - En studie av hur genus konstrueras i Sveriges största barntidning”. Uppsatsens huvudsakliga syfte är att undersöka hur barns fritidsintresse
Previous studies have shown that female-centred households in Windhoek, Namibia, receive half as much of the most essential staple crop through rural to urban food transfers as male-centred households, and that female-centred households are the most food insecure. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate if and how gender norms influence access to food made available through rural
