Thesis (M.S.Eco.)--Baylor University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46).

The scale is a fundamental yet controversial concept in human geography. Among diverse views over scale, this thesis draws insights from the process-based approach of scale jumping. It is a key notion to understand scale as a process, yet few explorations have been made on making use of its methodological values. Thus this thesis seeks to elaborate the notion by redeveloping it as an analytical framework. Four key elements are therefore concerned: (a) actors and their purposes; (b) directions; (c) approaches; and (d) outcomes. These elements form a framework to investigate the rescaling process of economic space in China. Conventional studies suggest that in the context of global competition, the role of state in scale (re)production has changed from a passive to an active actor. In China, where the state plays an active role in facilitating the economy, different levels of state actors, such as government officials and institutions, are involved in the (re)production of scale. Using the production of Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone (SSCZ) as a case study, the abovementioned four elements are investigated. Specifically, there are three research questions: (a) why do local governments rescale their economy? (b) How do local governments build SSCZ? And (c) what is the outcome of rescaling through SSCZ? The qualitative research method is used to collect data and other information for this research. This includes desktop searches and interviews of businessmen, planners, government officials, and local residents. Through a detailed investigation of the production of SSCZ, this research reveals the role of local governments, their intentions for rescaling, the approaches they used, and the outcomes of the rescaling

In a time where environmental issues are increasingly important and measures are being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve biodiversity, aid that targets sectors relevant for these issues are important to examine. The world is simultaneously taking measures needed to increase economic development around the world, by allocating aid to developing countries. The potential conflict between these two goals, in regard to aid, is that the prerequisites of green development include education and human capital which poorer nations may lack. Hence, there could be a potential trade-off between climate action and poverty reduction in the allocation of official development assistance. By utilizing panel data over countries that receive ODA from 2012-2018 I use an OLS method to estimate the determinants of green aid and other aid, respectively. The study shows that green ODA is notallocated to wealthier countries than other ODA, if anything green ODA is allocated to countries with lower GDP per capita. In addition, the results from this study show that a country's education rate is positively correlated with green ODA. Furthermore, the study suggests that good governance is more important for green aid, than aid in other sectors.

Financial institutions are becoming increasingly accountable to a broader range of stakeholders, particularly with regard to their lending habits and their subsequent social and environmental footprint. As a consequence, a substantial number of banks, predominantly from the minority world, have voluntarily adopted the Equator Principles, a set of environmentally and socially sound lending guidelines aimed at the project finance industry. It is imperative that Indian banks become signatories; increasingly they are funding national infrastructure growth at the expense of the environment and communities which inhabit areas of development. Previously, Indian bankers have been absent from the Equator dialogue; this research sought to include them and ascertain the future of responsible lending within the Indian context. Across the minority world, responsible lending is entwined with the motivation to become a good corporate citizen. An analysis of Indian corporate social responsibility initiatives demonstrated that a number of financial institutions and corporations are encouraging innovation, sustainable development and independence within their local communities; a positive outcome for the potential of Equator adoption in India. The global financial crisis presently threatens to negate the progress banks have made with their commitment to responsible project finance. However, the reshaping and redefining of the global banking system presents an opportunity for financial institutions worldwide to be more responsible with the allocation of credit on an individual basis and the financing of large-scale development projects. India, at this time of major infrastructure growth, can either develop at the expense of its natural and social environments, or strive towards lifting its population out of poverty within a sustainable, responsible framework.

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine to what extent Sen's freedom-centred view of development, with its existing theoretical foundations, offers sufficient theoretical insights for guiding development policies towards the enhancement of human freedoms. The theoretical part of the dissertation focuses on the three foundational building stones of Sen's freedom-centred view of development. First, the capability approach sets the evaluation space of development in the capabilities that people have reason to choose and value, but by doing so, it is argued that Sen's capability approach contains tensions between human freedom and human well-being that can be loosened by thickening this evaluation space with a substantial view of human well-being. Second, the capability approach views individual agency as central in development, but because of the socio-historical dimension of human freedom and agency, it is argued that concepts of collective capabilities and of socio-historical agency are more central in promoting human freedoms. Third, promoting human freedoms cannot be dissociated from democratic policy-making. But because the link between the two is not necessary, it is argued that the capability approach's consequentialist evaluation of human well-being will have to be thickened by a procedural evaluation which assesses the exercise of political freedom through certain normative principles of decision-making. The empirical part of the thesis illustrates these theoretical arguments through the analysis of two case studies, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The case studies particularly point to a country's socio-historical agency, or collective capability in promoting human well-being, through socio-historical narratives. These narratives assess a country's collective capability in promoting human freedoms by looking at the country's socio-historical reality, and how its members have appropriated that reality in the course of the country's history, opening up or closing down opportunities for realising policy decisions towards the removal of unfreedoms.

Thesis (M.Com.)(Hons.)--University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1997. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (February 23, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-82)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-397). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL:http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR51490

V. I Mission possible: stellar Canadian performance in the global economy -- v. II Mission possible: a Canadian resources strategy for the boom and beyond -- v. III Mission possible: successful Canadian cities -- v. IV Mission possible executive summary: sustainable prosperity for Canada (an executive summary of Volumes I, II and III). / " ... set of four volumes comprising the final report of The Canada Project, Mission Possible: Sustainable Prosperity for Canada."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online. Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.