Blar i Master's theses (Noragric) på emneord "development"
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The battle of the Norwegian coastline : A study on development of the Norwegian coastline and its impact on public access and biological diversity, exemplified with the case of Hvaler
(Master thesis, 2010-11-15)For the last 40 years or so, the coastline southeast of Norway has changed dramatically when it comes to biological diversity, public access and esthetic appearance. Many of these less fortunate changes reflect a changing ... -
Documentation of ICT Usage for Maya Development: a Case Study from Aguacatán, Guatemala
(Master thesis, 2013-08-12)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have for development of the Maya people in Guatemala. Another aim was to see how foreign influences change marginalized ... -
Education, capabilities and development - youth in rural Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2010-10-27)This thesis is exploring the relationship between education and development with focus on formal schools ability to enhance capabilities among youth in rural Tanzania. Tanzania has had a focus on education since the ... -
Exploring credit systems and power at the village level: Northern Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2010-11-15)In the absence of a strong state in Afghanistan it is very challenging to provide rural households with better food security and access to sustainable, well-established and regulated financial institutions. This paper ... -
Farm households’ adoption of Ecofarm integrated agricultural technologies and potential economic effects on livelihoods in Segou, Mopti and Koulikoro regions of Mali
(Master thesis, 2012-10-18)ABSTRACT Food production among the majority of agro-pastoral households in rural Mali are hampered by low rainfall, infertile soil, and extreme poverty. To improve productivity and enhance livelihood, the Drylands ... -
Food for Thought : investigating the potential of a locally initiated farming based school feeding programme as educational intervention in rural Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2016-08-19)Low-income countries like Tanzania, are financially limited and cannot afford a nation wide school feeding programme. 75% of Tanzanian schools do not have a school feeding programme - innovative and cost-efficient approaches ... -
Green values in the 2010 Brazilian elections : an application of Inglehart's postmaterial theory to the Partido Verde in Brazil.
(Master thesis, 2012-08-14)This study examines the emergence of green values in Brazil through a case study of the Partido Verde in the 2010 elections. With Inglehart’s thesis on postmaterial values as a point of departure, I set out to demonstrate ... -
Perceptions and actions regarding industrial and domestic wastewater among groups of citizens in Zhuzhou City, China
(Master thesis, 2012-05-18)Perceptions and actions of professional regarding wastewater are essential elements in water management of a whole society. In this paper, studying of present policies and comparing perception of three types of people – ... -
The 'energy leads to development' narrative : norwegian hydropower projects in south sudan
(Master thesis, 2012-11-09)In this study I analyze how a development narrative influences policy and strategies in the case of Norwegian plans for hydro-electric dams in South Sudan. This study is based on qualitative methods, whereby 31 semi-structured ... -
The role of civil society in democratizing development : a study of Burma/Myanmar
(Master thesis, 2012-06-19)This paper presents as a qualitative research to describe and to analyze the role of civil society in democratizing development in a study of Burma. The contextualization approach for understanding my study is the concepts ...