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WHOSE DEVELOPMENT COUNTS?: Political Ecology of Displacement of Bulyanhulu Mining Community in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2007)In 1996, an estimated 400,000 people in a gold mining community in rural Tanzania were forcibly evicted from the area to allow for the development of a large-scale gold mine project to take place. The good-intentioned ... -
From Economic Considerations to Social Implications? A Case Study of Female Workers in Norwegian Industry, Jiangsu Province, China
(Master thesis, 2007)An increasing number of companies are relocating from developed to developing countries. The recent years, China has emerged as one the largest recipients of foreign direct investment in the world. The reason for the ... -
Opportunities and Constraints of Local Participation in Ecotourism: A Case Study of Kasanka National Park (KNP), Zambia
(Master thesis, 2007)Ecotourism may be regarded as a protected area management tool that aims to reconcile both conservation and development goals. Local participation is considered one of the main features of sustainable ecotourism development. ... -
Conditions of Connectivity: The Internet and the time-space of distance education in Indonesia
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:314, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis is about how the use of the Internet in distance education has both intended and unintended consequences for people and places in a developing country. The main perspective is the relation between students, ... -
Evaluering av regionale miljøprogram i jordbruket
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A CHILDHOOD LOST?: A case of Gulu Support the Children Organization (GUSCO) in northern Uganda
(Master thesis, 2008)The number of children affected by conflict situations is on the rise in Africa. All their childhood experiences are marred by war. The conflict in Northern Uganda which has taken more than 20 years continues to attract ... -
SRI LANKAN STUDENTS’ LIFE EXPERIENCE IN NORWAY
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Singapore, from third to first world country: The effect of development in Little India and Chinatown
(Master thesis, 2008)This dissertation explores the development of Singapore in the period from before Singapore’s independence (in 1965) until today. Singapore went from being a third world to becoming a first world country in a matter of ... -
Hva skjer med norsk friluftsliv?: En studie av utviklingstrekk i norsk friluftsliv 1970-2004
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Ethiopian childhoods: a case study of the lives of orphans and working children
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:42, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis explores two aspects of contemporary childhoods –orphanhood and children’s work – in Ethiopia. By drawing on case studies from Gedeo (rural) and Addis Ababa (urban), I discuss how children and young people ... -
Bargaining with social capital: A picture provided through the lens and context of poor, rural women inBangladesh
(Master thesis, 2008)Drawing on participatory knowledge creation, this thesis examines the diverse ways in which social capital of poor, rural women in Bangladesh serve as a “capacity of individuals to command scarce resources, by virtue of ... -
Between promise and fulfilment:
(Master thesis, 2008)This dissertation addresses the discrepancy between the Colombian national legislation for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the actual realization of rights. Colombia possesses one of the world’s most advanced IDP ... -
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT RISK: A CASE STUDY OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS FROM WARAFFECTED NORTHERN UGANDA TO KAMPALA CITY.
(Master thesis, 2008)OHCHR (2007) reports that at the international level, no single agency or organization has been designated as the global lead on protection and assistance of internally displaced persons. The case of women and children ... -
SMB, internasjonalisering og kunnskapsgenerering: En studie av Trondheimsbedrifteri den petroleumsrelaterte leverandørbransjen
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CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT: BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
(Master thesis, 2008)‘In the past they have been seen as islands of protection in an ocean of destruction. We need to learn to look at them as the building blocks of biodiversity in an ocean of sustainable human development , with their benefits ... -
FREQUENT BOAT ACCIDENTS ON THE VOLTA LAKE OF GHANA: A Case Study of Tapa Abotoase in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region
(Master thesis, 2008)Boat accidents have become a matter of public concern during recent times as a result of its frequency in recording high fatalities on the Volta Lake of Ghana. This study sought to find out the main causes of this frequent ... -
The Growth and Management of Addis Ababa
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IDPs redefined – Participatory ActionResearch with urban IDPs in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2008)This dissertation investigates the discourse on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Uganda and how IDPs in urban areas fit in to the discourse on both the theoretical and practical level. The dissertation reveals that ... -
Droughts, Morality, State Politics and the Brazilian Semiarid Landscape: A Study of the São Francisco River Integration Project
(Master thesis, 2008)The poorest region of Brazil, the Northeast is prone to devastating multi-annual droughts, an inherent part of its geography. The Brazilian state attributes the poverty of the Northeast to the semiarid landscape and a ... -
FROM RICE BARN TO REMITTANCES A Study of Poverty and Livelihood Changes in System H of The Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project (AMDP), Sri Lanka
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:166, Doctoral thesis, 2008)