Despite efforts to end it, poverty still persists in the world today. Lately, microcredit has received much attention as a possible remedy. Even though there are many studies investigating the effects of microcredit there is a lack of research on the impact of microcredit on national poverty. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate that particular aspect by analyzing the impact so fa

The aim for this report is to present an industrial design master thesis carried out by Micael Palmgren at Lunds University. The report describes, not only the end result of the project, but also the path along the line to the final result. The master thesis have developed and visualized a unique concept for a new motorboat for tomorrow, called Gränö 750 ME. The reader will be taken through the de

has learned what works and what lasts. It has been facing and has solved the problem humans stand before today and who better to turn to then someone that already been through the same experience. To find inspiration and to studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs to solve human problems is what Biomimicry is all about. This was my starting point for my master thesis, to identif

In this thesis some of the properties of Conditional Value at Risk and Mean-Variance for portfolio optimization are explored, from a particularly practical perspective. The portfolio optimizations are performed for data in two different time periods: 2006 and 2008. These periods were chosen to capture both positive and negative financial market episodes, with 2006 representing a period of generall

In this essay, the degree of price rigidity was evaluated on Lithuanian macro data. For this purpose, a Calvo-type sticky price optimizing agent model was employed as theoretical background, guiding to the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC). The results of econometric analysis revealed, that real marginal costs do drive short-run inflation in Lithuania if unit labor costs are employed as a proxy.

I denna uppsats undersöks användningen av det futurala hjälpverbet kommer. I undersökningen vill jag söka svar på om det med tiden har blivit vanligare att kommer skrivs utan infinitivmärke, och i så fall om struket infinitivmärke är vanligare förekommande i kombination med vissa ord än med andra. De tre källor, så kallade korpusar, jag har använt är från olika tider. Den första korpus som undersö

Det är viktigt att undvika förseningar i ett rättssystem för att upprätthålla rättssäkerheten. Långa handläggningstider utsätter de berörda individerna för stress och osäkerhet, vilket kan riskera både effektiviteten och trovärdigheten av rättssystemet. Europakonventionen, som också är Svensk lag, innehåller bestämmelser om en rättvis rättegång inom skälig tid. Frågan är dock om Sverige lever up tIn a judicial system it is very important to administer justice without delay to uphold the rule of law. Lengthy proceedings subject the concerned individuals to stress and uncertainty, and might jeopardize the effectiveness and credibility of justice. The European Convention on human rights, which is incorporated in Swedish law, provides a right to a fair trial within reasonable time, but is Swed

This study examines the impact of different types of copula on the performance of weekly VaR estimation for a two-asset portfolio composed of stock indices using a conditional copula methodology. The aim is to find out if the choice of copula is important since Fantazzini (2008) found it not to be. The Gaussian copula, the Student’s t copula and the SJC copula was included in this study based on t

This Master’s thesis in library and information science deals with the development of Länkskafferiet, a SBIG created in 1994 by NetLab of the University Library of Lund. Länkskafferiet maintains a selection of quality controlled Internet links for the use of Swedish school children. We have had access to archives and files from the start of Länkskafferiet in 1994 to 2005 and have also interviewed

In the past years different parts of the Pahang River basin have been affected by problems related to flooding. Many people died or were dislocated from their place, and government and private properties have been damaged causing huge impact on the country’s economy. The main reason for this catastrophe is the lack of appropriate knowledge about the river ba-sin’s hydrology. The rapid industrializ

De nyligen upplevda problemen på finansmarknaden har bidragit till ett ökat intresse för små och medelstora företags tillgång till finansiering. Intresset för målgruppen beror på deras stora betydelse för länders ekonomi och tillväxt. Små och medelstora företag utgör 99 % av alla företag i Europa, erbjuder 75 miljoner människor arbete, och skapar ett av varje två nya jobb. Att deras expansion inte

Med verkan från den 12 februari 2009 har Sverige regler som begränsar lånemöjligheterna från utländska företag. Lagstiftningen trädde formellt i kraft den förste januari 2010 och har införts till följd av att Skatteverket uppmärksammat en ökad aktivitet av skatteplanering innefattande utländska holdingbolag. Ägarledda svenska företag överlät sin verksamhet till ett egenkontrollerat utländskt holdiWith effect from 12 February 2010, Sweden has adopted rules which limit the right to accept loans from foreign companies. The legislation took formal affect 1 January 2010 and were in forced due to an inquiry made by the Swedish Tax Agency (Sv. Skatteverket), which highlighted an increasing activity of tax avoidance schemes through foreign holding companies. Management owned Swedish companies tran

There is information showing that aid workers in developing countries sometimes are forced to bribe officials in order to fulfil their work. The aim of this study is to clarify different ways of arguing both for and against the fact that aid workers use bribes in some situations. This essay, by using a normative method and the logic of appropriateness, concludes there are arguments that justify th

This master’s thesis aims to investigate how pilotage contributes to maritime safety and if its criteria can be more risk-based in Sweden. The theory of Resilience Engineering was applied to maritime safety which has extended the concept further. Several aspects of how pilots contribute to maritime safety were identified within the literature and empirical studies. These aspects were the pilots

Uppsatsen studerar vilka faktorer som påverkar inflödet av Utländska direktinvesteringar till Afrika söder som Sahara, en region som historiskt sett har en mycket låg andel av världens totala investeringar. Baserade på OLI-modellen och utifrån tidigare studier inom ämnet, har åtta styck variabler valts ut och testas emot flödet av utländska direktinvesteringar via en regressionsanalys. Resultatet

Teoretiska perspektiv: Jag har valt att använda mig av The Self, Opinionsledare, POP och Överkonsumtion för att förstå köparna av nischade produkter Empiri: En semistrukturerad intervjuguide utarbetades för att göra djupgående intervjer med sex stycken köpare av Sonim XP1. För att hitta respondenter fick jag ta del av e-mailadresser till Sonim Technologies kunder, utifrån dessa e-mailade jag förfr

Using Multinational Time Use Study data from France and US, the effect of parental educational level on time spent with children is analyzed. Regressions in which the depent variables are the minutes used in total childcare, household work, leisure, basic childcare, educational childcare and recreational childcare are estimated. The pattern of total childcare is compared to household work and leis

I goda som svåra tider är den ekonomiska situationen ett ofta förekommande diskussionsämne i den politiska världen. Uppsatsen handlar om hur regeringars väljarstöd påverkas av makroekonomiska faktorer som arbetslöshet, inflation och BNP tillväxt. Teorin baseras på ”the responsibility hypothesis” som innebär att väljarna håller den sittande regeringen ansvarig för den ekonomiska utvecklingen. För a

This report presents a protocol for assessing team performance in terms of control based on cognitive systems engineering theories. The protocol changes the focus of team performance assessment from good and bad behaviours towards the team’s activity. By using Hollnagel’s contextual control model (COCOM) a protocol is developed so that team activity can be categorised into four control modes. Data