As oil bearing country, the issue of development in Nigeria has been a complex one that has attracted attention of both the government and scholars because oil politics appears to shape resource management and the development process. While academic focus has been on the analysis of national development, there is a paucity of academic studies on the internal dynamics at the regional level that shape the development process. This study therefore aims to: “examine the effect of oil resources on Nigeria’s development and the South-South compared with the situation in the South-West”, with an explicit focus on the complex nexus between oil, politics and regional development in Nigeria. The thesis adopts both methodological and theoretical triangulation to generate data to test the main and supporting hypothesis adopted for the study: “the oil industry has had an adverse impact on the development of Nigeria, and, in particular, the Niger Delta region in which it is concentrated”. In so doing, it explores the failure of oil politics to mix effectively to engender both national and regional development; leading to a regional development disparity. The study concludes that oil wealth failed to fuel development in Nigeria but instead, led to leadership failure. This failure is particularly found to have given vent to the negative impact of oil wealth on elite behaviour that is shaped by corruption, made worse by a dis-functional federal system where those with links major ethnic groups, get resource allocation and development advantage. The study consequently recommends that elite induced oil politics and attendant corruption, be tackled to pave way for both national and regional development in Nigeria. The study also recommend replication of this study in a larger scale in other oil bearing developing nations to further explore the relationship between management of resource wealth and regional development.

The diploma thesis is focused on human capital influence on regional development and regional competitiveness. The goal is to evaluate influence of educational structure on development indicators in regions of the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part are found chapters dedicated to: definition of human capital, investments in human capital and its influence on socio-economic sphere. The practical part is focused on analysis of relation between educational sphere and indicators of the regional development, such as: net disposable income per capita, gross domestic product per capita, economic activity rate, unemployment rate, criminality rate and rate of violent crime. In case of net disposable income per capita and gross domestic product per capita was found correlation. The education structure has an impact on these macroeconomic indicators. Regarding economic activity rate and criminality rate, there was found a correlation but much less intensive than expected. In the last group of indicators, unemployment rate and rate of violent crime, there was not found any correlation whatsoever. In the practical part of the thesis was also examine that massive education is not an effective solution and an answer in case of solving all regional development problems. As much as important education is, without effective use of it this potential stays only as a potential and not as an output.

In my thesis I am trying to characterise region of Eastern Slovakia, concretly two regions: Košický and Prešovský region. First part of thesis includes general characteristics of regions, their submission to regional structure, regional differences and common signs, comparison with Western Slovakia. The next part includes short history of Slovakia, mainly Eastern Slovakia before and after origin. Methodology of my thesis is a regional analysis, mainly SWOT analysis. This is the main part of my thesis. I concentrate on Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats in each region separately. Also characterise chosen operational programs and possibilities of subvention. In conclusion my thesis there are suggestions and recommendations for regional development of the region Eastern Slovakia.

The essay deals with the options for community project funding. Its initial section identifies the most important differences between regions and principles of the regional development strategy in the Czech Republic. It also characterizes specific problems of the Ústí Region, especially the Litoměřice region, which is one of the regions enjoying the concentrated government support. The essay also characterizes the "prominent municipality of the region" and outlines a project to resolve the issues partly as well as individual activities, risky activities, a time schedule and a project budget. The following section is devoted to the analysis of selected options for municipal project funding, i.e. funding from own municipal resources, credit or subsidy funding. Final chapter of the essay suggests the most suitable method for funding of the outlined project.

This thesis is focused on the definition of localization positives and negatives of selected companies in the region in two ways -- in relation "companies affect the region" and in relation "region affect companies". Thesis is in its practice part focused on companies Linea Nivnice, a. s., Slovácké strojírny. a. s. and Česká zbrojovka, a. s. In thesis are defined possible positives and negatives across sectors and types of regions. These positives and negatives are divided into groups of "economic," social "and" environmental "aspects. Thesis contains a complex description of selected companies and the region.

This diploma's thesis explores the phenomenon cultural and creative industries and their role in regional development. The document generally defines the most important research concepts in this area and identifies the economical importance of cultural and creative industries. Part of this document is also a presentation of the project European Capital of Culture and the definition of its economic benefits. The priority of this study is to map the cultural and creative industries in the Pilsen region and the city of Pilsen and evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of the project Pilsen 2015-European Capital of Culture for the development of the region. Based on the results of the analytical investigation is assessed potential of culture and creativity in the development of the Pilsen region and the city of Pilsen.

Orientador: Fernando Cezar de Macedo Mota / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T09:51:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sampaio_DanielPereira_D.pdf: 2789178 bytes, checksum: a1ca16d29d93637a3b65a94774124d08 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Este trabalho avalia que existe uma controvérsia sobre a desindustrialização no Brasil a partir de várias perspectivas teóricas. Dentre elas foram avaliados autores que discordam desta qualificação e autores que concordam. Dos que concordam são avaliadas as perspectivas ortodoxas, da doença holandesa e demais abordagens heterodoxas, dentre elas a estruturalista. Analisa os impactos do processo de desindustrialização no Brasil a partir de uma perspectiva estruturalista. Entende que a desindustrialização que ocorre no Brasil é um processo relativo explicado pelo aumento do gap tecnológico, pela quebra de elos em cadeias produtivas e pala substituição do produto final nacional pelo importado. Avalia que o processo de desindustrialização em marcha apresenta efeitos distintos do ponto de vista regional e setorial. A partir de uma abordagem regionalizada, analisa que ocorre um duplo efeito sobre a economia paulista: i) por ter o parque produtivo mais diversificado e com setores modernos, ii) pela rearticulação do sistema produtivo nacional que tinha em São Paulo seu centro mais dinâmico. Conclui que a indústria brasileira sofre com problemas de competitividade industrial, principalmente em setores de maior intensidade tecnológica, o que aumenta as dificuldades de promover um crescimento de longo prazo, portanto de sua trajetória de desenvolvimento / Abstract: This study evaluates that there is a controversy about the existence of de-industrialization in Brazil from various theoretical perspectives. Also, evaluates authors who disagree with this qualification and authors who agree. Of those who agree are evaluated the Orthodox perspective, the Dutch Disease and other heterodox approaches, among the structuralist. Also, analyzes the impacts of de-industrialization in Brazil from a structuralist perspective. Argues that de-industrialization in Brazil is a relative process explained by the increase of technological gap, by breaking links in supply chains and the replacement of the final national product by imported one. Analyzes that the de-industrialization in process has different impacts of regional e sectorial point of view, with a dual effect on São Paulo economy: i) to have the most diversified industrial park and modern sectors, ii) the re-articulation of the national productivity system that had in São Paulo your dynamic center. Concludes that Brazilian manufacturing suffers from competitiveness problem, especially in sectors of high technology, which amplifies the difficulties of promoting long-term growth, so it¿s development trajectory / Doutorado / Desenvolvimento Economico, Espaço e Meio Ambiente / Doutor em Desenvolvimento Economico

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil / The purpose of the study is to examine the functions of provinces in South Africa and their respective comparative advantages from 2013 to 2017, in terms of employment absorption. It is predicted or assumed that there are considerable spatial disparities in the functions and comparative advantage profiles among provinces, some of them performing highly sophisticated functions and being comparatively better in terms of labour market outcomes than others. It is also assumed that this comes as a result of spatial preferences in location of firms.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第21809号 / 農博第2322号 / 新制||農||1066(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H31||N5181(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科地域環境科学専攻 / (主査)教授 縄田 栄治, 教授 舟川 晋也, 教授 藤原 正幸 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

Includes bibliographical references / One of the political and economic responses to globalisation and the associated rise of multilateral trade agreements is the integration of national markets and their governance within regions. As developing economies have become increasingly integrated into the global economy, the harmonisation of policies and standardisation of regulations to create economies of scale and scope, has been one of the primary strategies to improve regional competitiveness. With the global economy underpinned by a dynamic communication infrastructure, African regional economic communities (RECs) have increasingly recognised the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in realising the vision of regional integration, and as a major determinant of national and regional competitiveness. Despite member states' acknowledgement of the need for regional connectivity, many initiatives across Africa aimed at supporting and establishing harmonised ICT policy frameworks have not had the intended outcomes. Strategies for developing seamless regional ICT infrastructures - necessary for the achievement of universal policy objectives of improved access to, and usage of, affordable broadband services now widely demonstrated to drive economic growth - have not been realised. Through a case study of regional policy-making in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the thesis examines the political economy underlying regional processes and structures for the development and the implementation of ICT policy frameworks, as shaped by epistemic communities. A conceptual framework is constructed as a lens through which to assess the role of capacity building as a tool in foreign affairs in the institutional arrangements within SADC countries and ICT policy outcomes in the region. This reveals the wider political, economic and more specific policy and regulatory constraints hampering the development of the information society from a developing region perspective. Applying a hybrid methodology, empirical information was gathered through quantitative secondary data but using qualitative methods to gather the primary evidence for the case. This evidence from multiple sources is examined through a broad political economy framework to contextualise the research problem and develop a rich narrative of regional integration efforts in the area of information communication technologies in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Following rigorous and extensive gathering of information from face to face interviews following an exhaustive document analysis, detailed coding of the data and triangulation of findings enable d an analysis of how institutional arrangement s in the region -despite the accepted rationale and logic of market integration -have largely failed to achieve the intended IV ICT policy objectives stated in SADC protocols and declarations despite considerable advances in the formal harmonisation of aspects of ICT policy and regulation.