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Development aid provided by international organizations: the impact of the global financial and economic crisis
Ondičová, Lucia ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The main topic of the thesis is the impact of the global financial and economic crisis on the support of developing countries from international organizations. The work includes a classification of developing countries by selected organizations, namely The World Bank Group, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund. The thesis also includes a description of organizations' main activities and ways of gaining finances. The analysis is extended to non-governmental organizations dealing with a development. For a better assessment of the reason why the crisis could have an influence on the provided assistance, the thesis contains a summary of the crisis impact on developed and developing countries.
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Development aid in Kenya
Zrníková, Pavla ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to reveal the importance of the development aid in Kenya and to demonstrate, on the example of Slovak republic, which type of aid plays more important role -- wheather the official or unofficial aid. Effectivness of aid in Kenya is evaluated on the basis of correlation of the amounts of development aid and indices which show improvement or degradation of economic and social situation of the country. The significance of the official and unofficial aid is evaluated by comparing the projects that are supported by ODA and projects supported by non-governmental organizations on the basis of financial criterium and the reach of the projects. The contribution of this thesis is to show effectivness of development aid in poor countries on the example of Kenya. The work has three chapters. The object of the first chapter is to present economic and social situation in Kenya and individual factors which can help her to get over the underdevelopment. The second chapter offers characteristics of individual donors and evaluates the relevance of development aid. The last chapter presents concrete projects of ODA of Slovak republic and of Slovak non-governmental organizations and evaluates which of the two types of aid is more important.
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The Role of Developing Countries in International Trade
PRŮKOVÁ, Veronika
Problems of developing countries are very discussed topic by financial and trade organizations, which process the annual reports and statistical annexes. Based on those annexes and reports, it has been analysed the international trade of developing countries by commodity and territorial structure and it has been analysed the developing aid too. The main objektive was to describe the typical features of developing countries, how thei join in the international trade and to further explore how the development aid is assisted by other countries or institutions. The main aim was also to focus on developing countries from the perspective of the Czech Republic. A secondary objective was to identify the most important trading partners of developing countries, as well as identify major donors of the development aid. The share of developing countries in the world trade and the trade of the Czech republic increases significantly. The largest part of imports of developing countries goes to the states of the European Union, although the exports of developing countries is dominated by the USA. It has been discovered, that the largest donnor of the institutions are the Europian institutions and the largest donnor of states are USA.
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Environmentally friendly forms of tourism as part of development assistance (focusing on the Czech villages in Romania's Banat)
Angelisová, Marie ; Valentová, Jana (advisor) ; Vaško, Martin (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the use of environmentally friendly forms of tourism in development aid on the example of the Czech community in the Romanian region of Banat. Compatriots from Bohemia, who lived in Romania since the beginning of the 19th century, due to long isolation have preserved a traditional way of life, but nowadays Czech villages are facing to social and economic problems that threat their existence. Situation of Czech compatriots in Banat has long focused project assistance, coordinated by People in Need Foundation under the auspices of the Czech Government. During recent years the project has been focusing exclusively on sustainable tourism development and business opportunities. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the agro-tourism project in Czech villages, its outputs, impacts of tourism on the lives of the Czech community and to evaluate the destination using SWOT analysis.
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Development assistance of the Czech Republic
Jindrová, Eliška ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Gajdušková, Kateřina (referee)
The thesis deals with the cooperation of the CR with the developing countries, both in the form of development aid and the trade relations. The first part includes the definitions of fundamental concepts and determines the reasons for granting development aid. The second chapter focuses on the foreign development assistance of the CR, its history, the role of individual actors and the current characteristics of its multilateral and bilateral form. The third part is devoted to foreign trade of developing countries.
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Fair Trade: Altruismus, nebo egoismus?
Pánek, Martin ; Chalupníček, Pavel (advisor) ; Petrášek, František (referee)
This bachelor thesis discusses the issue of Fair Trade. It tries to solve the question whether Fair Trade is an altruistic, or an egoistic phenomenon. The thesis explains how the author understands the terms "altruism" and "egoism" and then describes the methodology used to distinguish between the two. Special attention is paid to the problem of information asymmetry and how Fair Trade is specific in this respect. The thesis largely discusses Fair Trade as development aid and questions the effectiveness of this particular kind of development aid; it clarifies what role the problem of altruism plays in it. This thesis also discusses the issue of public choice related to the main topic. It reviews some examples of public decisions and links them back to the question of altruism. Using standard microeconomic analysis, the thesis is concluded with a statement on altruism or egoism behind Fair Trade.
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Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
Prchal, Tomáš ; Durdisová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Kubelková, Karina (referee)
Poverty is a serious problem of the contemporary world. According to the World Bank statistics more than 1/6 of the world's population suffers from extreme poverty (with daily income less than 1,25 dollars). The main tool of poverty alleviation is the official development aid, which is based on transfers of funds from developed to developing countries. The aim of this thesis is to assess, by how far has the development aid been succesful in reducing the poverty. The analysis of two regions -- East Asia and Sub-saharan Afrika -- will serve this purpose. In East Asia the poverty was reduced by 750 million of people within 25 years. However, the role of development aid was found to be negligible. Sub-saharan Africa, despite large volumes of aid, didn't experience any decrease in poverty incidence at all. The analysis implied that official development aid is not a way out of poverty. The solution is to integrate developing countries to international trade and to follow convenient economic policies establishing an environment favourable to business and foreign direct investments.
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Fair Trade - Its Functions and Impacts on the Trade with Thirld World Countries
Janda, Michal ; Mládek, Josef (advisor) ; Doležalová, Antonie (referee)
The aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive view on the issue of trade with Third world countries using the concept of fair trade. First, the discussion focuses on how fair trade should look like and how it should be different from the free market. Furthermore, this work deals mainly with the functions and effects of Fair Trade licensing, which sets out properly against the aforementioned interventionist concept of fair trade. After unloading the basic characteristics of licensing, its evolution and structure of the relevant licensing authorities, an economic analysis of the effectiveness of Fair Trade licenses in achieving the set goals follows. Possible impacts of Fair Trade on the society as a whole are discussed as well. The main aim is to answer the question whether Fair Trade is really the right approach to trade with poor producers from Third world countries and whether it is really necessary to abandon the free market conditions to achieve fair treatment and rewarding.
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Economic relations of the Czech republic with African countries
Kollárová, Monika ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Nováková, Jana (referee)
The main objective of this bachelor thesis is the evaluation of trade relations between the Czech republic and African countries. Trends in the trade of goods compare the period before the accession of the Czech republic into the European Union with the period afterwards. One separate chapter is dedicated to the most significant partners of the Czech republic in northern and sub-Saharan Africa. The last chapter approaches the Czech development aid as one of the forms of mutual cooperation.
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