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The impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth for countries in Latin America

This paper examines how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) affects Economic Growth and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) for recipient countries in Latin America. The study investigates whether FDI generates positive spillover effects, leading to a higher increase in TFP than domestic investments. According to the Schumpeterian model increasing in TFP would lead to a higher economic growth rate (Lucas,

The impact of planetary urbanization on the citizen’s everyday life

The Chinese government has been working on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the past 20 years to further its goal of expanding global hegemony. It attempts to increase its economic and political influence in the BRI destinations through several projects and six main corridors. These initiatives, in my opinion, have a significant impact on transforming the urban landscape. Considering that mo

Breton nationalism in literature, The construction of nationalism and a collective identity in the Barzaz Breiz, Le pain des rêves and Le cheval d’orgeuil

The present thesis focuses on the relationship between Breton nationalism and literature. The analysis is based on the questions how a historical narrative and a collective identity are created in three Breton literary works. The works analysed are the Barzaz Breiz, Le pain des rêves and Le cheval d’orgeuil. The method used in the analysis is a historical and literary narrative analysis, analysing

The Role of Social Capital on Foreign Direct Investments: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions

Since the world witnessed a surge of cross-border investments as a source of economic activity, the relevance, determinants and nature of the phenomenon we call Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has been studied extensively. The amount of empirical studies is not only extensive but also controversial, as the authors frequently reach contradictory conclusions in their search for determinants, relyin

Elucidating the function of Sorghum Flavin containing Mono-oxygenase’s (FMOs)

The genes being studied here are plant Flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO’s) which are enzymes that place molecular oxygen on heteroatoms such as nitrogen, and sulfur with the help of cofactors such as NAD(P)H and FAD. Plant FMOs are divided into three major clades: N-hydroxylating, S-hydroxylating and YUCCA. The YUCCA family is conserved in all plants, and performs oxidative decarboxylation of

Phenol-Protein Solution Stability

Phenol is a commonly used preservative in pharmaceutical protein solutions. It is compatible with most proteins but can cause aggregation and denaturation at higher concentrations or in more sensitive proteins. By titrating phenol in 12 different protein solutions with PS80 (Lysozyme, β -lactoglobulin, SOBI Lipase, GA-Z, Palifermin and Trastuzumab, all with and without NaCl) the phenol concentrati

“Nothing About Us Without Us” — The Barriers and Enablers of Persons with Disabilities as Climate Change Agents

This paper investigates what the barriers and enablers are for persons with disabilities and organisations of persons with disabilities to engage in climate action. The countries analysed are Bangladesh and Madagascar as two countries in the Global South who are similarly impacted by climate change. Persons with disabilities are one of the most marginalised groups in any society and one of the mos

Scaling Up Digital Transformation in Education: An Exploration of Teachers’ Capabilities in Implementing Distance Learning in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Due to the pandemic, teachers are forced to implement distance learning and equipped themselves with digital skills to accommodate the sudden shift from instructional classroom activities to digital and more innovative teaching and learning practices. To ensure that teachers can adapt and innovate during this disrupted era, an exploration of teachers’ experiences, challenges, and opportunities for

Bundle of Powers to Access Solar Energy: Search for an enabling environment for women-to-women network in solar energy enhancement initiatives

Irrespective of the abundance of solar energy resources, its access to the low-income communities of rural Tanzania is challenged by multifaceted barriers. Again, the current access goal in energy ignored the gender perspective of access. There is no alternative to establishing women-led solar energy enhancement initiatives to mitigate those access barriers and equally address gender inequality in

"We have other objectives to prioritise" A study of the depoliticisation of foreign-funded NGOs and its impact on the Lebanese anti-establishment movement

This thesis takes the Lebanese anti-establishment movement as a critical case study of the impact of NGOisation. The debilitating political, economic, and social crises experienced in Lebanon is argued to create an imperative for NGOs to take new forms of action to address and solve the crises. Therefore, this thesis studies the role that foreign-funded rights-based NGOs play in the anti-establish

Exploring Roma CSO’s Work on Empowering Reproductive Choices among Roma Women and Girls in Serbia

Reproductive choice, one’s ability to make informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care, is not a given. Empowerment is considered a tool for improving women’s ability to make reproductive choices. However, it is a very context-specific approach needing contextual pathways of change. This thesis aims to investigate how Roma CSOs in Serbia work with

Digital Empowerment during COVID-19: Examining the role of digitalization in enhancing women’s entrepreneurship in rural Bangladesh

Entrepreneurship is critical to a country's economic development and industrial growth. This paper examines whether there is a direct relationship between the use of digital devices and economic and business growth for rural women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Data collected from eight rural women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh show that mobile phones have enabled rural women entrepreneurs to feel

The European Union as an International Climate Leader - A qualitative study of the EU’s Climate Leadership in the case of South Africa

Leadership is essential in order to overcome the collective and transnational issue of climate change. Leadership can furthermore enable the contribution to the combatting of climate change, from emerging economies, such as South Africa. Based on the assumption that the EU is a climate leader, this thesis aims to understand the EU’s climate leadership regarding its relationship with South Africa s

(Un)universal health care for all: A qualitative study exploring the access to health care for Venezuelan migrants in Medellín, Colombia

The aim of this thesis is to understand how migrants perceive their opportunities to access health care, and how underlying factors result in barriers impacting their access to health care and ability to safeguard their health. It does so by answering the research question: How do Venezuelan migrants in Medellín perceive their access to health care? To fulfil the aim and answer the research questi

Ungdomsbrottslighet i tidningsmedierna- En diskursanalys av hur unga brottslingar framställs i svensk nyhetsrapportering

The aim of this study was to analyze how young criminals are described and portrayed in Swedish news reporting and to identify discourses. We chose to analyze 19 different articles from four different Swedish newspapers. These newspapers were two morning papers and two evening papers. The criterias for our range of articles were that they needed to contain a description of crime and that the perso

Problem representations of men’s violence against women - A policy study on the Government Offices of Sweden’s policies on men’s violence against women

This thesis aims to analyse problem representations in the Government Offices of Sweden’s policies on men’s violence against women with the use of Carol Bacchi’s (1999) critical policy analysis approach “What’s the problem represented to be?” (WPR). The thesis's theoretical and methodological point of departure is closely connected to the WPR approach, but with the inclusion of definitions of

Challenges encountered by eHealth Scrum software development teams during COVID-19

With the emergence of COVID-19, various industries felt under the pressure from limitations associated with the pandemic and transition to a work-from-home workstyle. Healthcare and Software Development is one of the industries that had to face increased demand for their products and services under severe circumstances. As an interconnection of these spheres,eHealth had to address challenges that

Relationer, stöd och delaktighet inom rättspsykiatrin. En kvalitativ studie om patienters och professionellas upplevelser av relationer, stöd och delaktighet.

This thesis is about the patient and the professionals' experiences of participation and recovery in forensic psychiatric care. The purpose of the study was to investigate patients' and professionals' experiences of participation and what is considered to contribute to recovery from severe psychiatric illness. The study is based on a qualitative method and the empirical material consis