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Comparison of China-Angola and China-Nigeria relations in regards to energy security and Chinese investment
Löfflerová, Michaela ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Mazač, Jan (referee)
Michaela Löfflerová Comparison of China-Angola and China-Nigeria relations in regards to energy security and Chinese investments Abstract The master thesis "Comparison of China-Angola and China-Nigeria relations in regards to energy security and Chinese investment" focuses on the analysis of Chinese activities towards Angola and Nigeria as representatives of Subsaharan oil-rich countries. The thesis aims to test two hypotheses about China's approach to Angola and Nigeria in the period 2000-2007 and 2008-2018. The first hypothesis, based on the concept of energy security, tests whether China's approach to oil-rich countries has changed over the period under review as a result of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent global trends. The second hypothesis, based on the concept of neocolonialism, tests whether Chinese activities have expanded into other sectors through oil extraction, which in turn has led to a significant dependence of states on China. The diploma thesis aims to focus on economical, security, and political aspects using quantitative and qualitative analyzes. Monitoring China's activities in these countries serve as a case study of the impact of Chinese foreign policy on resource-rich countries in the second and third world. In the last chapters, the thesis will focus on the analysis of the...
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Effects of Intellectual Property Rights Protection on Access to Medicines in Subsaharan Africa
Nemkyová, Renata ; Šaroch, Stanislav (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The aim of the text is to defend a thesis: "A uniform and strict regime of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection for all member states of the World Trade Organization harms the less developed ones." The text also pursues the problems strong protection of IPR can cause to developing countries in the area of access to pharmaceutical products. It also evaluates the effects of public health safeguards provided in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The first chapter is based on theoretical grounds and it describes the relation between IPR, economics and law. The second chapter defines the international framework for IPR protection and the relation between IPR and developing countries. The third chapter provides information on what to avoid when creating IPR legislation and what to focus on. The final part constitutes of a case study. The subject of the case study is Nigeria and the aim is to characterize current developments in access to antiretrovirals (drugs used to fight HIV/AIDS), to describe the system of patent protection in this country and to outline possible solutions that would lead to improvement in procurement of HIV/AIDS treatment.
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The effect of political decisions on GDP: Can poverty be solved politically?
Králová, Barbora ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
This thesis examines whether democracy leads to economic development. GDP graphs are used as indicators of economic development, Polity IV's graphs as indicators of the political situation in the respective country. Three Subsaharan countries are examined: Nigeria as a country that prospers thanks to its mineral supplies, Ghana as one of the developed countries in Subsaharan Africa and Zimbabwe as an autocratic country ruled by a dictator. Links between democracy and economic development have been proved fully in Ghana, partially in Zimbabwe and the Nigerian economy is dependant on the world oil prices more than on its democratic development.
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