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The thesis encompasses three chapters which provide policy-relevant insights into the domain of conflict economics. The research endeavour goes deep into exploring the underlying linkages of varied economic and non-economic factors (e.g., culture, religion and myriads of ethnic …
The incidence rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is another pandemic that South Africa is faced with. Hence, there is a need to point out and address the main drivers of GBV in the country. Most cultural practices in Africa, which create favourable conditions for GBV to flouris…
Background: Hurungwe district, one of Zimbabwe’s largest districts is not immune to the numerous typhoid fever outbreaks that have been occurring in Zimbabwe over the past twelve to fifteen years. The main aim of this study was to examine risk factors associated with acquiring t…
This research thesis seeks to better understand the financial behavior of members of an Immigrant Ghanaian church community in the United States, by inquiring into the reasons behind their behavior. The enhanced understanding gained is then leveraged to find, develop and enact a…
This research aims to augment empirical understanding of mindfulness practices in the Eastern Buddhist context, with a particular focus on the extent to which Buddhist mindfulness (BM) can influence leaders' ethical values and behaviour, through the examination of mindfulness pr…
Postkolonyal Uluslararası İlişkiler teorisi kolonyalizmi siyasi, askeri ekonomik, kültürel, kimliksel ve zihinsel bir baskı süreci olarak kabul eder. Postkolonyal Uluslararası İlişkiler teorisi her ne kadar 1980'li yıllarda ortaya çıkmış ve 1990'lı yıllarda gelişmeye başlamış gi…
Background: This investigator sought to enhance medical knowledge and clinical care by distinguishing the population level characteristics of patients who attempted self-immolation within the burn population and determine the impact these patients have on health-care related res…
International graduate and undergraduate students with the F1 visa have the option to prepare themselves professionally in the U.S. by engaging in practical training after they complete their degree program. According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the number o…
This research study was an investigation into the factors associated with the use of modern contraceptives among reproductive-age women in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Reproductive-age women in the Municipality have been found to have a high rate o…
Recent food fraud incidents have highlighted the importance of fighting food fraud and thereby ensuring food integrity. Milk is reported as one of the most commonly adulterated foods in the world, hence there is a strong demand for the assurance of its integrity. Both technical …
This thesis investigates the effects of income inequality on Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The thesis also aims at empirically exploring the specific channels through which those effects transit. To this end, two levels of empirical analysis are carried out with time series c…
Demand for arable farmland is growing globally. The need for land-based products, such as food, feed, biofuels, and timber, as well as conservation efforts to preserve biodiversity and create carbon sinks, is driving intense competition over finite land resources. A key challeng…
Foreign aid is one of the most powerful tools at a single state’s disposal. Economically, it can provide much needed support to the poorest of countries or those facing catastrophic conditions. Politically, it can strengthen the current government’s position and provide them wit…
This academic study focuses the living space of the urban poor in İzmir through the Yeşildere region. Gecekondu areas in Turkey have emerged in 1950s with the immigration of people from rural to the city who migrate for reasons such as job, education and health care to meet the …
The world has moved to a business environment of automated production driven by electronics and information technology. This in turn has led to automated processes which serve the daily business and service needs of billions of consumers. This process takes place through a web o…
Bu çalışmanın amacı enflasyon, ekonomik büyüme ve istihdam arasındaki ilişkiyi Türkiye, Brezilya ve Güney Kore örneklerini kullanarak açıklamaktır. Brezilya ve Türkiye yabancı yatırım ve yurtdışından gelen sıcak para ile büyüyen iki ülkedir. Bu ülkelerin enflasyon trendleri birb…
Over the last decade, substantial amounts of development assistance have been invested among low and middle income countries to strengthen the performance and outcomes of the immunization program. Multiple development partners have collectively instituted different financing obl…
This thesis aims to investigate the origins of identity politics by focusing on its lasting relationship between ideological politics. Concerning the literature of the left theories on the question of identity and the political context of the 1970s Turkey, which is identified by…