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Comparison of U.S. and China's Policy Towards Africa 1990-2010 With a Special Focus on Angola and Sudan: Resources and Geopolitics
Kindl, Lukáš ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The Master's thesis deals with China's increased engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa after 2000 and its impact on U.S. political and economic interests on the continent. In the first decade of the new millennium, China's search for natural resources, especially oil, to satisfy its growing demand, need to find new markets for exports, as well as China's aspiration to enhance its position at the international stage led Beijing to pay greater attention to Africa. China started to engage African countries through a combination of development assistance with no strings attached, except for the one-China principle, and high-profile diplomacy. The United States has become concerned that China might jeopardize its programs on democratization and governance and become a fierce economic competitor in Africa. In the first two chapters, the thesis describes the interests of China and the U.S, respectively, the main actors involved in the countries' respective Africa policies, and strategies and concrete policies these two world powers implement in Africa. The third chapter compares the U.S. and China's engagement in three case studies - on Nigeria, Angola and Sudan. The fourth chapter provides a comparison of the general features of the American and the Chinese policies towards Sub- Saharan Africa. The chapter...
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International development cooperation of the Czech Republic in Africa
Šmolík, Vojtěch ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Oberpfalzerová, Hana (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "The International Development Cooperation of the Czech Republic in Africa" discusses the historical progress of relations between Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic and African states since the 3rd decade of the 20st century in the context of the international development cooperation. Step by step it analyzes the conceptualization of Czechoslovakian and Czech foreign policy and the creation of fundamental development documents. Special emphasis is placed on current relations with selected African states and the evaluation of the mutual Development Cooperation in supported sectors within the frame of Development Cooperation Strategy of the Czech Republic 2010 - 2017.
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Effectiveness of Danish development aid to Ghana
Kotová, Dagmar ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Werkman, Kateřina (referee)
Diploma thesis "Effectiveness of Danish development aid to Ghana" deals with effectiveness of Danish development aid which is defined in close relation to the concept of sustainable development. The chosen approach for analysis is empirical-analytical methodology. The thesis starts with analysing Danish development concepts in order to point out the size of influence of the main actors of Danish development aid during procedure of their creation. Forementioned analysis is followed by comparison of the main principles of the concept of sustainable development and important objectives of analysed Danish concepts. This part is important for giving reader the main links between chosen concept of sustainable development and Danish development strategies. Final part of the thesis measures the aid effectiveness of Danish strategies for Ghana, based on Joint Evaluation findings with particular interest in health sector. The effectiveness is measured on the basis of sustainable criterion, which is related to seven factors of the sustainable development.
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EU Development Aid: Idealism or Pragmatism?
Phamová, Xuan Mai ; Knutelská, Viera (advisor) ; Földes, Kristián (referee)
My thesis looks into development into why European Union provides development assistance. My hypothesis is that it is becoming more pragmatic throughout the period 2014 to 2019. I begin my work with introduction into the topic, literature overview and presentation of the hypothesis. In the second part, I present theoretical framework of constructivism and methodology of motive analysis. Motive analysis is a method developed for studying motives via discourse. I have defined 7 motives in a coding book, which will be analysed in the speeches of EU representatives, concretely European Commission's Presidents and High Representatives / Vice-Presidents responsible for European External Action Service. In the third pat, I provide brief overview and context of EU's aid policies. In the last, analytical part, I analysed the speeches and identified each motives one by one, I have looked into development of motives throughout time and came to conclusion that most of time, all motives are prevalent behind development aid, only their occurrence and importance slightly changes, depending on internal and external factors. It can be seen thant while in 2014 the aid was slightly more tilted towards idealism, in 2019 the aid motives slightly shifted towards pragmatism.
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The Role of France and the USA in Battling Instability in Mali and Niger in the Years 2005-2014
Bakurevich, Aliaksei ; Čížek, Martin (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
The Sahel is one of the most unstable and underdeveloped region of the world. In Niger and Mali situation worsened after the year 2011 because of of the political vacuum, emerged after the overthrow of Gaddafi. Among basic problems of Mali and Niger, causing instability, can be named poverty, security troubles (uncontrolled extensive borders, terrorism), ethnic conflicts and misgovernance. This paper is concentrated on the US and French activities in solving those problems. The aim of the paper is thus defining of the basic problems causing instability of Niger and Mali, and analyse military and development aid aimed at solving those problems by the USA and France in years 2005-2014.
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Major problems in social entrepreneurship: Development aid through the case study of Din-Daeng flat
Roca, Marta
This thesis is about social entrepreneurship and its role in addressing social issues. Some of social entrepreneurship’s main features includes its focus on creating social value, achieving a sustainable solution to the problems it addresses, and empowering its recipients. These characteristics turn social entrepreneurship into a good driver of social change, a goal that could be comparable to development aid and NGOs objectives. However, the scientific research around social entrepreneurship is still in its early stages. This study intends to bridge a gap in the literature by comparing social entrepreneurship with development aid and NGOs using a case study of Din-Daeng flat in Bangkok. Participant-observation, in-depth interviews, and surveys are the major methods employed in this research. The results show that some social issues, like the one reflected in the Din-Daeng flats, would find a better solution through social entrepreneurship than through official development aid and NGOs. At the end, this study provides a social entrepreneurship plan that could be used to address Din-Daeng’s issue.
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The Contribution of Schweitzer's Thoughts in Humanitarian and Development Aid
Kowalová, Lenka ; Širka, Zdenko (advisor) ; Zámečník, Jan (referee)
The title of this thesis is "The Contribution of Schweitzer's Thoughts in Humanitarian and Development Aid". The main aim of the thesis is to present the contribution of Schweitzer's ideas that are valuable for the area of humanitarian and development aid. The concrete examples of aid in Ethiopia provided by humanitarian organizations today show the practical impact of Schweitzer's ideas. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter describes a life and work of Albert Schweitzer. In the second chapter, attention is drawn to his ethical concept of reverence for life. The following chapter entitled Humanitarian and Development Aid in Ethiopia is divided into three smaller chapters. In the first one, the terms of humanitarian and development aid are defined. In the second one, the country of Ethiopia is described and its living conditions. This chapter is followed by the last section which presents the humanitarian organizations operating in Ethiopia and their work there. The biggest organization is People in Need, the next two are organizations with spiritual impact, the Endowment Fund Nehemia and the Exodus Association. I have chosen the aspect of spiritual impact because Albert Schweitzer was a Christian and his belief influenced his decision-making and work throughout his life. The...
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Does Foreign Aid Decrease Inequality? Evidence from the Most Recent Data
Umlaufová, Anna ; Baxa, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pleticha, Petr (referee)
Income inequality is an alarming issue affecting especially developing countries, yet very scarce attention is paid to how it is influenced by development aid. This study investigates the relationship, focusing on modern approaches to foreign assistance which have changed considerably since 1999. With a sample of 123 developing countries, the effect is estimated using both static and dynamic panel data techniques while controlling for the Kuznets curve. The results show that robust to method and functional form, development aid neither improves nor worsens inequality. Nonetheless, estimating the model for specific groups of countries in the sample yields different, statistically significant results, while also depending on political environment. JEL Classification D31, F35, C23 Keywords Inequality, Foreign Aid, Panel Data Title Does Foreign Aid Decrease Inequality? Evi- dence from the Most Recent Data Author's e-mail anna.umlaufova9@gmail.com Supervisor's e-mail jaromir.baxa@fsv.cuni.cz
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Trends in Czech migration and development policy coherence
Seidlová, Aneta ; Stojanov, Robert (advisor) ; Novosák, Jiří (referee)
Migration and development are a globally recurring topic within media and political discourse. In Europe, the topic gained attention following the so called "refugee crisis", accompanied by rhetoric of solving the root causes of migration and increasing coherence of migration and development policy. Even though the refugee flows mainly avoided Czechia, the crisis had an impact on public and political discourse, including links to migration, development and the need for coherence in policy strategic documents. The diploma thesis analyses trends in Czech migration and development policy and their coherence in the aftermath of global financial and refugee crisis. This thesis aims to assess the progress toward coherence and identify the key areas and causes of incoherence. The concept of policy coherence for migration and development, and a model of policy coherence cycle are used as the main theoretical frameworks. To gain an insight into the process of policy formation, a distinction is made between political commitments and policies on paper, policy coordination and implementation in practice, and the potential impact of the political discourse on this process. This thesis presents attitudes and perceptions of key stakeholders in Czech migration and development policy, based on a series of 20...
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