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Fair Trade and its benefits for African countries
Vítková, Tereza ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Jeníček, Vladimír (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the functioning of Fair Trade and define the main opportunities which it offers to the producers from Africa. The first chapter contains the typical features of this concept, its definition, essential principles, methods of certification, a brief historical overview and current development. It also introduces some important international organizations involved in Fair Trade. The second chapter focuses on Fair Trade in Africa. It includes the analysis of African market, SWOT analysis and definition of some important Fair Trade organizations in Africa and their main activities. The emphasis is given to Fair Trade in Africa, the utilization and distribution of Fair Trade premium, commodity structure, number of farmers involved in the concept of Fair Trade and some other factors. The last part is devoted to the cocoa industry in Africa and two major cooperatives operating in the Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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Economic expansion of People’s Republic of China to Africa and its impact on selected African countries
Topková, Petra ; Zapletal, Petr (advisor) ; Pluskalová, Eva (referee)
The goal of the thesis is to define and describe characteristic features of China's economic expansion to Africa and using a few case studies of selected African countries take a closer look on China's influence on local economies, firms and inhabitants. The first chapter of the thesis shortly describes economic situation of China and Africa as a whole, identifies Chinese actors, their motives and characterizes mutual interaction. The second part is focused on three representative African states -- Angola, Zambia, South Africa -- their relations with China and impacts which China's presence has on them. The last part deals with problematic issues and potential opportunities for Africa related to this phenomenon. This chapter mentions a few different approaches and opinions on the topic of China in Africa as well. Some of them are represented by experts in this field, some of them by the heads of African countries.
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Chinese Investment Activities in Africa
Hlávka, Jakub ; Kašpar, Václav (advisor) ; Vošta, Milan (referee)
The thesis deals with the issue of investment cooperation between the People's Republic of China and the African continent. The analysis focuses on the development of bilateral relations, Chinese and non-Chinese investments in Africa and the general trends of their development. The second part contains three case studies on the investment cooperation of China with Angola, South Africa and Nigeria, which describe both the fields of bilateral investment relations generally and also cover individual investment projects.
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Foreign Direct Investment inflows to african countries
Kubínová, Aneta ; Bolotov, Ilya (advisor) ; Pavlík, Zdeněk (referee)
Since the beginning of the 1990s, foreign direct investment plays an important role in the world economy and it is a realistic tool for assessing the competitiveness of the economy.The emerging importance of foreign direct investment in the african continent is driven by its potential of becoming the key factor behind the future african growth. In this thesis I am comparing the degree of correlation between various aspects related to FDIs with their actual inflows focusing on determining the key factors that affect decision makers when considering an investment within the african territory.
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Economic expansion of China to Africa
Hvoždová, Vladimíra ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Zapletal, Petr (referee)
The goal of the thesis is to characterize specific features of China's foreign policy towards African continent and to analyze whether China is capable of contributing to long-term sustainable development in the poorest region of the world. The first chapter is focused on the theory of economic diplomacy and decribes its main functions, tools and actors. Following part represents a brief overview of the history of sino-african relations, with the aim to define the main motives for mutual cooperation. The characteristic of economic relations between China and Africa follows, with the focus on trade, foreign direct investment and development assistance. Conluding part deals with the identification and evaluation of main benefits and threats of the growing presence of China in Africa with respect to the long-term sustainable development in the region.
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Development co-operation as an aspect of conflict prevention in Africa
Kropáček, Michal ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Pavlicová, Vendula (referee)
This diploma thesis addresses globally discussed topic of potential development co-operation effects on conflict prevention in Africa. After theoretical and historical analysis of the roots and development of conflicts in 11 selected Sub-Saharan African states, this thesis points out through several real examples different and often unexpected results of development programs. From partial conclusions, which have clear geographic connection, the thesis uses simple induction method to evaluate and to recommend further proactive changes in development policies.
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The regional integration of developing countries
Medková, Kateřina ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Zamykalová, Miroslava (referee)
The thesis surveys the formation, development and the present state of integration process in the three developing world regions -- Latin America, Africa and Asia and the Pacific -- as one of the most significant processes of the world economy since the end of the last century. The first part of the opening chapter presents the issues of regionalism, the second one presents the issues of the developing world. The objective of the thesis is to point out the differences in processes of the international economic integration in the three developing regions, in terms of both historical point of view and motives and factors influencing the integration initiatives in developing countries. In that case the individual chapters analyze motives for integration and disintegration, affecting the formation and development of integration processes in each developing region, and present the first attempts to integration in the area as well as the overall development of regional integration as a whole. Finally, the chapters list current regional groupings, focusing on the degree of integration achieved and the set, respectively achieved, objectives.
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Comparison of European and Asian approach to Africa
Perničková, Adéla ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Zamykalová, Miroslava (referee)
In my diploma thesis I compare European and Asian approach to African continent. In the first chapter natural resources and strategic position of Africa is described. I deal with traditional business relationships with African partner, political relation, their agriculture production and tourism in Africa. In this chapter I apply Leamer's triangle, Dutch disease and terms of trade on relationship between African countries and their business partners. Second chapter analyzes factors which influence interests for cooperation between European and African countries. In the second half of this chapter I try to show how Africa sees European and Asian countries. I deal mainly with relationship between European and African integration, using the theory of the effects of economic blocs. In the last chapter I compare the approach of the European Union and Asian countries to Africa.
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Comparison of economic relationships between Europe and China with Africa
Dus, Jakub ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Zapletal, Petr (referee)
The central theme of this work is to compare economic relationships between Europe and China with Africa. It briefly describes the current situation of examined subjects and the historical development of their relationships. The main part describes agreements between integrating Europe and Africa and China's growing role at the turn of the millennium. It outlines the reasons for the failure of the Euro-African agreements, as well as the motivation of China for strengthening it's relations with Africa, the success of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, but also possible downsides for African countries. A brief analysis of current trade relations between Africa and China and Africa and European Union was made at the end.
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