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Global Witness´s influence on forming of conflict mineral legislation
Lukeš, Jakub ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
The thesis concers the issue of conflict minerals in the Democratic republic of Congo. The situation in the country has been monitored by the NGO Global Witness for decades. Human rights violation, illicit trade followed by exporting of minerals out of the country, have been supervised by militaristic rebel groups. As a result these groups have been indirectly founded by international corporations.The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the performance of Global Witness at the agenda setting of conflict minerals, including a critical assessment of legislative measures.
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Vodní stopa
Vykoukalová, Klára
This bachelor thesis analysis current state of water sources and its use, water footprint and its types and calculations and also issues of water scarcity in the world. In the next chapter is analyzed current state of water sources, its use and water footprint in Myanmar and Democratic republic of the Congo.
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Influence of mineral resources on politics and economics in chosen countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
Krausová, Kateřina ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
Diplom thesis discusses a question of influence of mineral resources on politics and economics in chosen countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The paradox of low economic development of many resource rich countries significantly engaged in international trade is often discussed by economic experts. I decided to focus on Sub-Saharan Africa because I consider this region to be unable to fully use its potential for economic development despite being very rich in natural resources.Target of this thesis is to find out which natural resources exist in chosen countires, how the countries manage them, how successfull their economic development is, which problems they currently handle and how their current situation is related to their historic, cultural and politic background. For the purpose of my thesis I have chosen Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo and Botswana.
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The role of the West in the non-development of Congo
Šikulová, Eva ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
This paper describes the development of Congo since its beginnings until today and focuses on the influence of the Western world on the country. Congo was founded by the Belgian king Leopold II and became his personal colony. Leopold's regime was orientated on the expoitation of Congo's natural resources, above all rubber and ivory. The inhuman treatment of Africans caused international criticism and Leopold was forced to hand over the colony to Belgium. Under belgian rule the economic development of Congo started, even though congolese people were still considered second category citiziens. After gaining independence the country was caught in total chaos until the revolution by general Mobutu. After taking over the government, he ruled Congo for 32 years, supported by the West, and the country was systematically ruined. In 1997, during the first Congo war, Mobutu was overthrown by Laurent Kabila. One year later another war started and though it officialy ended in 2003, a regional conflict in Kivu is still going on. The motivation of armed groups is the mineral wealth of the region. Western companies are indirectly financing the conflict through importing conflict minerals.
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Příčiny a dopady ilegálního obchodu na vývoj politicko-ekonomické situace v regionu střední Afriky
Šaferová, Nicol
Abstract ŠAFEROVÁ, N.: Causes and impacts of illegal trade on the development of political-economic situation in Central African Region. Bachelor thesis. Brno, 2014. This thesis deals with illegal mineral trade in the Democratic republic of the Congo. The theoretical part is generally characterized the Central Africa Region, security dilemma, resistance effort, sustainable development and its indicators, problems of uneven distrution of natural resources and illegal trade. The analytical part is focudes on the analysis of the effects of illegal trade to national security.
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The resource war on the Congo-Rwanda boarder
Paggio, Sofie ; Žák, Květoslav (advisor) ; Spirit, Michal (referee)
The thesis is about insurrections in the Democratic republic of the Congo connected with mining of raw materials, focusing on coltan and Kivus provinces. The task of this thesis is to acquaint the reader with the coltan ore, explain the presence of armed groups on the eastern part of the country and summarize the consequences of their actions for civilians.
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Comparison of political and economic development of the Democratic Republic of Congo-Kinshasa and the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville
Nováková, Vendula ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Tunkrová, Věra (referee)
The presented thesis "Comparison of political and economic development of the Democratic Republic of Congo-Kinshasa and the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville" aims to familiarize the reader with political and economic development of these countries on the background of historical events from early history to the present day, to analyze their differences, and to find the cause of greater economic prosperity of the Republic of Congo. The paper deals with the current situation in both countries, points to the steps that the countries make, and presents their perspective for the future. The first four chapters of the thesis are based mainly on indirect political and economic comparison with an emphasis on the dominant ruling of Mobutu Sese Seko in the DRC and Denis Sassou Nguesso in the RC. The fifth chapter determines the differences of the economic development of the countries by using various economic indicators.
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