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Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Veltmeyer, Henry"
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)This thesis argues for a Resource-Market approach to Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Development. The argument is based on the finding that the basis for competition between firms has shifted to the resource-market level. ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1992)The Dominican need for economic diversification takes on great urgency with the conclusion of an integrated market in the EEC in 1992, and the eventual removal of the preferential access and pricing system for Dominican ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1998)Existing data for Economic, Social and Environmental indicators are analysed. Costs for these indicators are defined and discussed. Cost estimates are provided for all three sets of indicators. This framework is used to ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)The debate surrounding land reform is back on the development agenda with a consensus that the severe unequal distribution of land in developing countries is the main cause of persistent levels of poverty and inequality ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)This thesis examines the role that CSR plays in the relationship between mining and development and asks whether and (if so) how CSR works as a possible means of pacifying opposition to mining. The research focuses on a ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)This thesis looks at the role played by the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited (Brascan) in the development process in Brazil since 1899. Brascan, as one of Canada's largest multinationals had its start ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1992)This thesis is a study of the rural development association movement in Newfoundland and Labrador from its roots in the late 1960's through to the late 1980's. To provide an overall context it first examines the patterns ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)This thesis determines how the Cochabamba water war social movement, a movement protesting the privatization of the Cochabamba water system, impacted neoliberal policies in Bolivia. First, it examines the construction and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2008)Maternal mortality is an ongoing health crisis in Haiti. Estimated at 523 deaths per 100,000 live births it is the highest rate in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are many factors that influence the dire status of ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)Recent policy initiatives in Brazil have been highlighted as a solution to overcoming high levels of inequality in the country and promoting inclusive development. The evidence has been apparent in the rapid reduction in ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1988)This work compares patterns of development and underdevelopment in New England and Atlantic Canada. Certain similarities in history and geography have invited speculation on the cause of very different growth paths observed. ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)The global dynamics faced by the US imperialism are the following: 1.) Hegemonic crisis, 2.) Spatio-temporal fix, 3.) Peak oil, and 4.) New geopolitics. Neoliberalism destabilized US hegemony in Latin America. In response, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)This practicum report and resource kit addresses the relevance of feminist popular education, gender and development and participatory development approaches to the empowerment of rural women, particularly in the context ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1999)This thesis examines the energy dependence experienced by Cuba throughout its thirty-year economic and political relationship with the Soviet Union. The thesis establishes that not only was Cuba's productive output dependent ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2001)This thesis was written by Darcy Tetreault. It is entitled "Environmental Degradation, Poverty, and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Rural Mexico and the Community of Ayotitlán." It begins by exploring the theoretical ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1991)This thesis is a study of rural society and social change. I present an analysis of social change in rural society which takes into account the traditions and history of rural society itself. That analysis considers cultural ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2010)The biophysical limits of the earth are used as a starting point to explore the pursuit of health, as a component of human development, at stable levels of economic activity. The crux of the matter lies in the relationship ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2001)The thesis is a contribution to the on-going debate on the question of the appropriate agency of development in Africa in terms of encouraging participation, empowerment and social transformation. Contemporary development ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)This study is intended to explore some potentialities and problems of Indonesia's trade expansion and rapid growth as they relate to its development trajectory. Since the change of regime in 1966, the economy has been ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)This study is an attempt to put the perceptions of rural Islanders at the centre of analysis, particularly regarding the way they view the land and perceive the forces that are changing its use and ownership. It is my ...
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