E-Dissertationen: Auflistung E-Dissertationen nach Autor "Gerke, Solvay"
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Actors, Alliances and Power in Negotiations: Unequal Distribution of Mining Benefits in Tarkwa's Gold Mining Area of Western Ghana
Tsuma, William (2010-04-27)The gold mining sub-sector is an important segment of the Ghanaian economy and continues to play a significant role in the country’s socio-economic development (Akaabza, 2008:1). At the moment, Ghana is Africa’s second ... -
Another epistemic culture: Reconstructing knowledge diffusion for rural development in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Nguyen, Quy-Hanh (2014-07-01)In the age of “post-industrial society” and “knowledge economy,” how do agrarian communities in developing countries talk, think, and apply knowledge for their everyday life and production? Does a farmer become a “knowledge ... -
An army with a country: How the Pakistan military imposes hegemony via the infrastructure and welfare sectors
Chaudhry, Rabia (2019-11-29)In addition to defending their countries, modern day militaries assist the state in labour intensive non-defence related activities. This ranges from disaster relief to providing administrative assistance. In countries ... -
Bangladeshi Diaspora in Peninsular Malaysia: Organizational Structure, Survival Strategies and Networks
Sultana, Nayeem (2008)Like other diasporas, international labour migration as well as the adoption of transnational activities is very common for Bangladeshi migrants at this present age of globalization. Regarding their causes for migration ... -
Corporate Diversity Management in Multinational Companies in Singapore. Lost in Translation?
Meinert, Sarah (2011-11-24)The research deals with the concept of workforce diversity management that has gained popularity in recent years because of increasing diversification of employees, customers, markets and stakeholders. In this context, ... -
Cotton, Rice & Water: The Transformation of Agrarian Relations, Irrigation Technology and Water Distribution in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
Veldwisch, Geert Jan Albert (2008)<p>This study is about the organisation of agricultural production and the distribution of water for agriculture in the post-soviet context of a slowly reforming authoritarian regime. The study is based on 12 months of ... -
Creating knowledge-based clusters through urban development: a study of Cyberjaya, MSC Malaysia
Nordin, Ramli (2012-09-18)In 1997 Malaysia started the construction of the biggest knowledge-based cluster in the form of a new township known as Cyberjaya. <em>(Knowledge-based clusters are agglomeration of organisation that actively uses knowledge ... -
Development and displacement: Kenyah-Badeng in Bakun Resettlement Malaysia
Jeffrey Jehom, Welyne (2008)<p><u>Background of the research</u> <br /> This study intends to analyses the involuntary resettlement of an indigenous Dayak community due to the implementation of the Bakun Dam Project in Sarawak, Malaysia. The significance ... -
The Dilemma of Integrated Conservation and Development in the Korup National Park, Cameroon
Eyong, Charles Takoyoh (2009-11-06)Korup National Park is one of the first integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) in tropical rainforests. Its original ICDPs’ principles were abandoned based on conventional theory and national forestry ... -
Dynamics of Planning Process in the Lower Mekong Basin: A Management Analysis for the Se San Sub-Basin
Thim, Ly (2010-07-02)The purpose of this study was to explore how various actors have responded to hydropower dam impacts in the Se San river basin as away to unpack how river basin management works in practice. The Se San river basin is shared ... -
The Implementation of Privatisation Policy: Case Studies from Nepal
Paudel, Hari (2006)This dissertation deals with the implementation process of privatisation policy in Nepal. The main objective of the study was to explore the implementation process of privatisation efforts, to identify the problems that ... -
Industrial Water Pollution in Dongying City, the Yellow River Delta of China: Communication Interfaces between Government Agencies and the Local Population
Tan, Jiaxin (2020-07-07)While China undergone a rapid move from agriculture-based economies to industry production, the extraordinary intensity of economic and social changes triggered environmental problems. Industrial water pollution is ... -
Institutional Assessment of Health Research Capacity in Uzbekistan: Research Productivity, Organizational Capacity and Research use in Policy
Cho, Minjung (2018-06-11)Health research continues to be an important policy instrument in improving population’s health and building a more resilient health system. As developing countries are unable to meet their national health-research needs, ... -
Irrigate or migrate?: Local livelihood adaptation in Northern Ghana in response to ecological changes and economic challenges
Schraven, Benjamin (2010-11-05)At all times, people had to adapt to processes of ecological change. But the strategies and mechanisms of the adapting of livelihoods to those processes have certainly gained more and more global attention since the effects ... -
Knowledge Governance in an Industrial Cluster: the Collaboration between Academia-Industry-Government in Indonesia
Purwaningrum, Farah (2013-01-17)The study is situated in the debate about ‘knowledge for development’ by looking at the inter-linkage of academia-industry-government in the Indonesian science system. The research is based on 10 months of fieldwork conducted ... -
Local Knowledge and Livelihood Sustainability under Environmental Change in Northern Ghana
Derbile, Emmanuel Kanchebe (2010-11-09)One of the most daunting challenges of development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and northern Ghana in particular, is how to secure livelihoods for rural populations under environmental change. This dissertation explores how rural ... -
“Marketing and Market Queens”: A case of tomato farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Awo, Martha Adimabuno (2010-11-17)The tomato sector in Ghana has always been viewed as a potential sector for employment and income generation. In the Upper East Region, its significance was back in the 1960s when the government supported the sector with ... -
The Organisation of Trade in North Sumatra: Batak Traders and Trading Networks
Situmorang, Kathrin-Christine (2011-08-11)A brisk, flourishing and independent local commerce and the integration of the population into local and regional trading structures are important basic conditions for the development and welfare of a region. Both are ... -
Organising and Implementing Local Economic Development Initiatives at the District level in Ghana
Akudugu, Jonas Ayaribilla (2013-12-20)The term Local Economic Development (LED) is not is not new, but has an emerging context and usage. The contemporary local economic development approach is conceived as a development strategy that taps the synergy of ... -
Socio-Cultural Implications of the Community-Based Water Management: A Case Study of Gujarat, India
Naz, Farhat (2011-08-04)Failure of the state-led development projects and the growing concerns for participation, in the 1980s and 1990s gave rise to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). This in turn led to a paradigm shift in ...