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Development Cooperation in Kenya
Rosenkranc, Filip ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hnát, Pavel (referee)
The thesis analyses development cooperation in Kenya, including an example of personally realized development project. The goal of the thesis is to find out what is the current state and direction of development cooperation in Kenya, demonstrate some of the problems of Kenya and their possible solutions using an example of personally visited region and realized development project and to determine whether this project corresponds to the current trend of development cooperation in the world and in Kenya. The first chapter characterizes the current political, economic and social situation on Kenya. Following parts analyze the Kenyan development strategies and current trends in the area of development cooperation at the global level and in Kenya. The last chapter describes personally realized development project which is then evaluated from the point of view of new paradigm of development cooperation and concerning the overall impact.
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Commercial and cultural differences of Kenya
Dejmková, Kamila ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Klosová, Anna (referee)
This thesis focuses on commercial and cultural differences of Kenya. Kenya is a country in East Africa, located on the sea coast of the Indian Ocean. The official name of the state is Republic of Kenya. Kenya was named after an extinct volcano Kere Nyaga, which means Mountain of wonders in Kikuyu language. Kenya is the state that is quite different from the Czech Republic in the business and culture. This thesis provides the readers the basic characteristics of Kenya. Since Kenya is a multi-ethnic state, this thesis deals with the cultural specificities of the country. One of the goals of my thesis is closer to analyse trade environment in Kenya, and therefore I deal with the specificities of the Kenyan business environment. Kenya is a country that has the potential, and it is advantageous for Czech companies to invest in this country. Because of this reason is the fourth chapter of my thesis focuses on the opportunities and threats for czech companies.
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Political ethnization in Kenya and its impacts on the temporary development
Straková, Romana ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of the "phenomenon" of politicization of etnicity in Kenya, its impacts on temporary situation and future development of the country. Through the analysis of the sources and development of the phenomenon it makes an effort to explain the motives of the post-election violence in 2007 and review the temporary constitutional reform process focused on its impacts on political ethnization and minimalization of the social conflict. However for a long time, Kenya used to be perceived as a politically stable and prosperous African country, where many European tourists spent their holidays, the post-election violence in 2007 harshly damaged the positive international reputation of the country. Fortunately, an agreement between the two main presidential candidates was promptly reached and finally in August 2010 Kenyans peacefully passed the constitutional reform. There are doubts, whether they manage to reconcile the latent grievances of the past and settle ethnic conflicts of the Kenyan society to become a model to other multiethnical countries in Africa.
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Socialization in international regimes of human rights protection: Study of a constitutional review in Kenya
Šklebená, Karolína ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
Since its independence in 1963 Kenya has been considered a democratic and non-problematic country, although it had been ruled just by two different presidents until 2002. The transformation to democracy proces followed by improvement of human rights started in 1991 and it took almost twenty years to get rid of some colonial remains in Kenya's legislation. Human rights abuses which peaked during the rule of the second president of Kenya caught attention of international activists and donors during 1990s and due to pressure from inside and outside the situation has began to ameliorate. The adoption of the new Constitution in August 2010 may be considered the biggest success of human rights defenders in the country.
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Education as a determinant of development in sub-Saharan Africa
Běhounková, Mája ; Steinmetzová, Dana (advisor) ; Pavlík, Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with the present situation of education in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa region. First chapter focuses on the role of education in development of countries and the present situation of education. Second chapter describes sub-Saharan Africa as a region with critical situation of education. Third chapter deals with case study of Kenya, the chapter provides information about country profile, socio-economic performance and education in Kenya.
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Influence of ethnicity to the interest groups and economy of african countries
Savaryová, Kristýna ; Mládek, Josef (advisor) ; Chalupníček, Pavel (referee)
This work examines how strong is the influence of etnhnicity on the states funcitioning and to what degrese is etnicity influeced by institution. Etnicity, which is typical especially in African world, can affect almost all spheres of life starting with interest group and ending with ethnic conlfict and genocid. Importand role to the ethnicity influence play institutions. Good institutions setting (I mean institutions like a rules of the game) can mitigate the negative effects of ethnic diversification. Ethnicity can also be politicized and misused like in Rwanda. Good institutions setting and economic policy stay behind the positiv progression of Tanzania, which is widely considered as one of the most ethnically diverse country. On the contrary Kenya recently battle with ethnic problems, which are very dificult to resolve. This work shows how ethnicity in conjuction with institutions can negatively or positively influence states and their economics.
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Comparison of growth factors of Senegal and Kenya from the points of institutional economy
Holasová, Tereza ; Petrášek, František (advisor) ; Mládek, Josef (referee)
A main objective of my diploma paper is analysis of different growth strategies of economic policy in two africain countries in the time of their independency. The focus of this paper will be devoted to comparison of growth factors from the point of institucional economics. These factors will be investigated together with both economics -- Senegal and Kenya in 1960s and 1970s in connection with different colonial policies of Great Britain and France. In the final part, I 'd like to make some perspective strategies of both economic policies from the point of institutional economics.
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Role of state in economic development of East African countries
Chmelař, Pavel ; Adamcová, Lenka (advisor) ; Němečková, Tereza (referee)
The first part of this paper presents insight in contemporary academic discussion about deeper determinants of economic growth. In the second theoretical part, the role of state in economic development is discussed from five perspectives -- the perspective of neoclassical development economics, neoliberal approaches, the perspective of providing public services, integration in international trade and the perspective of institutional factors with impact on state structure and functioning. The analytical part compares development experience of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (from the mid 60s) from the above mention five perspectives. Then it is concluded which policies and institutions in case of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania were yielding unsatisfactory results in terms of economic development.
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