My research seeks to present Public Private Partnerships in the delivery of welfare services most especially within a developing country context. I use a project case located in the South West region of Cameroon called RUMPI, jointly financed by the African Development Bank and Government of Cameroon to assess partnership contribution of two different types of institutions partnering for welfare d

The main purpose of this study is to examine if the relationship between a target and an acquiring company´s abnormal return prior the transaction can affect the outcome in the future. Furthermore, our secondary purpose is to see if Swedish companies have a higher success rate compared to what earlier studies have shown about these phenomena. Finally our third purpose is to try to identify if ther

This thesis describes how software for automated bidding on for example auction sites could function. The thesis is divided into three parts. The elements are composed of: • Collecting bid data from the website that the auction is held on and pass the raw data to the main application for further processing. • A graphical presentation of the auction data is shown divided into individual auctions in

To satisfy this growing need of financial expertise, media through TV, radio, morning and evening newspapers and trade press is literally flooded with information about the market and strategies on how to invest ones capital, and how to achieve excess returns. Moreover, the increased number of investors, both private and institutional, has led to an abundance of ideas how to outperform the markets

Nowadays cloud computing is becoming very popular and it has started to evolve in the ERP arena as well. Known as cloud based ERP it is a paradigm which is in an infancy stage and growing steadily. There is a lot research about the cloud computing as a technology but, it is still foggy in organizations perceptions of what this technology really means for their ERP. In the scientific studies there

The purpose of the present essay is to describe what happens to the rights of parents and children when a child falls fatally ill. The method involves the comparison of scholarly literature, chiefly from Sweden, but also from Norway and the UK. Likewise dialogue has been carried out with the relevant parties in this matter, including personal contact with both physicians and Patientnämnden (the Sw

The essay aims to discuss the issue of climate change. I will focus on Bangladesh, a county vulnerable to environmental hazards due to its geographical location. I have clarified how climate change may affect a country like Bangladesh and how the environmental issues are connected to human rights violations. To problematize the issue of climate change further have I looked into the matter of justi

This essay aims to discuss the complicacy concerning minority and indigenous rights and its complex relation to other international law instruments. In this research I focus on the situation that occurred when the Bolivian president sent an amendment to the Secretary General concerning the withdrawal of the two articles regarding coca leaf-chewing in the Single Convention on Drugs. The member-stat

Migration has been around from time immemorial because of the possibilities of better life conditions. Undocumented migrants are a particular vulnerable group in the labour market in Sweden as well in Europe. They can mainly be found in low skilled jobs in the informal economy. They work long hours under minimum wage in construction, cleaning and catering. This has complicated the trade unions mai

A macellum in ancient Rome was a marketbuilding, distinct from the city´s loud noice and throng. These marketbuildings had distinct variations from the more common and wellknown fora venalia, such as Forum Holitorium, Forum Boarium and Forum Suarium. The major difference is that it was set in a specific building, not as an outdoor open market. In this master (one year) thesis, I am going to anal

Vår undersökning visar att det finns betydande skillnader i finansiellt risktagande för kommunala respektive privata fastighetsbolag. Den viktigaste skillnaden är att kommunala fastighetsbolag, som ett resultat av de kan ställa bättre säkerheter och har fler finansieringskällor, är mindre oroade över tillgången på kapital. Detta innebär att de kommunala bolagen kan ha en större skillnad mellan rän

The world power stems from collisions between different control systems where various participants, such as multinational corporations and the United Nations, are either being encouraged or prevented from pursuing their given activities. It is therefore important to find a balance between enforcing human rights and the ever-expanding economic market. The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects (TRIPS)

The purpose of my paper is to explain how the lack of a violence ban in the constitution of Yemen is affecting women and prevents their rights regarding the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). CEDAW is an international law which Yemen has adopted and they are obligated to accommodate women’s rights. Based on Yemen’s prehistory, customs, tradition and culture have affe

The purpose of this thesis was to understand the development and current position of people of a third gender in India, Hijras, against the background of Hindi religion. Specifically, I examined the situation of Hijras in relation to India’s official human rights commitments. Based mostly on anthropological and religious sources, I described the historical background and traditions of Hijras in In

Tron på den liberala freden och dess mekanismer att skapa säkerhet, demokrati och ökade rättigheter är väldigt stark i nuläget, trots flera studier som motsäger detta. Då den var en del av den amerikanska politiska retoriken för att legitimera den militära interventionen av Afghanistan år 2001kan vi idag se ett av den liberala fredsbyggandeteorins bakslag. Situationen i landet är inte bättre utan

9/11 2001 changed the world forever. A new era of war was introduced to the world through the Bush administration’s “War on Terror”. With this war, President Bush aimed high when he expressed his goal with the war which was, get rid of all terrorists in the world. A pretty ambitions goal one might think, but he got right down to business and created a high-risc detention center at the naval base G

Verbal forms of communication seem to still be that dominant that other forms of expression are far from obvious to use. This study is based on interviews with ten caregivers whose work is governed by the Law on Support and Service for People with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS). In their daily work at group homes or in day service, they meet people with intellectual disabilities who mainly r

This thesis is constructed as a comparative study of the concept child labor between England during the Industrial revolution and Brazil a country that has gone through a similar Industrial development as England but at a later stage. The purpose of this comparative study between these two countries is to examine if it is possible to draw parallels between the Industrial England and the later deve