Lap lambert academic publishing mrz 2011 (Más de 1400 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main purpose of this book is to show companies, managers and marketers that social media creates a lot of new opportunities for them. Communities and networks are getting more important in this new Web 2.0 based world. The last decennia's it cost a lot of effort for managers and companies to reach their target customers. The internet, and especially social media, gave these managers and companies' new useable channels to reach their consumers again. Managers are now able to reach their target customers through micro marketing. This research showed that it is not only possible to reach the customers again, but also to predict the behavior of these consumers based on what kind of community they belong to. Within this research music preference based communities were used. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -International trade is assumed to be an important ingredient of economic growth as it leads to development of all major sectors of any economy. But South Asian countries are fighting with trade deficits due to rapidly increasing imports coupled with insufficient exports resulting in huge deficit in balance of payments. Thus this book focuses on questions that why these countries are facing trade deficit and whether there is a positive role for trade pact to decrease this gap or not Further, what is the reason that openness positively affects GDP of developed countries more than the developing countries Furthermore, the role of SAARC in South Asian countries is also investigated in terms of the relationship between regional economic integration and economic growth before and after the implementation of SAARC by using the new heterogeneous panel cointegration technique. Moreover, analysis provides important policy implications and trade planning which are beneficial for regional trade and development. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In Ethiopia as in most developing countries the population has increased steadily which led the growth rate of adolescents in the society never before due to high fertility rate. These Adolescents are lack of adequate information and services about reproductive health issues. Most of the time parents are not comfortable talking sexual matter to their children .Increased exposure to the health risks of teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and abortion. population and family life education is limited. Each chapter assesses the existing knowledge, attitudes and practice of adolescents women towards sexual behavior and reproductive health in Addis Ababa. Moreover, when sex started How many sexual partners had How adolescents are influenced by peer and socio-cultural factors Where to get source of information and services Is there any relationship between population growth and reproductive health Where preferred to get family life education This book also provide factual data and information for students ,policy makers, researchers, educators, self-help groups and other voluntary organizations or you may be someone using the resource to tackle this problem from different angles. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -POWER SHARING IN KENYA. The 2007 disputed elections in Kenya led to uncertainty and later chaos in the country. The then discredited Electoral Commission of Kenya which was basically made up of the Incumbent President Kibaki's Buddies, declared the former the winner at the expense of the then opposition leader Raila Odinga, who had won the elections in six out of the eight provinces in the country, and further had a clear majority in Parliament. The scenario of the incumbent hanging onto power has been termed as ' Kibaki's Civil coup' in some quarters. The aforementioned circumstances led to a political settlement between the two protagonists in the form of power sharing. This book will give an indepth analysis of the Kenyan power sharing arrangement and what it means for developing democracies, more so the African nations. Is Kenya to blame for the evil precedent that has been replicated in Zimbabwe And now being suggested for Ivory Coast 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of this research is to find out what's attitude Swedish consumers have to Chinese food. The questionnaires based on the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) are handed out to 100 Swedish respondents in order to investigate their motivation on Chinese food choice. Eleven factors involved in the questionnaire are labeled health, mood, convenience, sensory appeal, natural content, price, weight control, familiarity, image of China, culture and safety. The information from two semi-structured interviews with Chinese food suppliers showed Swedish consumers' attitude to Chinese food in another angles. The ABC model and Balance Theory are seen as the theoretical basis for empirical research analysis. The eating habits of Swedish and Chinese are compared to show their difference which influence Swedish consumers on food choice more or less. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Each year a large number of people, both men and women leave their homes and cross national borders to seek better employment and better living but immigrants' employment experience is not smooth and equal to all in many immigrant receiving countries including Australia. Previous literature has mostly classified immigrants into English-Speaking' and Non-English-Speaking' background and identified poor labour market performance of Non-English Speaking' immigrants. However, a few academic literature exists at micro-level to recognize why and what' factors are critical for this. This book, therefore, has gathered information from Bangladeshi immigrants' living in Adelaide, Australia, to examine immigrants' employment experience and perceived health status. The analysis provided better understanding regarding immigration; immigrants' employment; factors involved with having professional jobs and immigrants' perceived health status in Australia. The book will especially be useful to professionals in Population and Public Health fields, policymakers, future migrants and researchers. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The developed world is awash in ubiquitous food and media. Fast media, like Fast food is a heavily processed product that has become corporatised, centralised, commoditised and simplified. Like modern supermarket food, Fast news and media can be said to lack diversity, local taste and historical context, transparency, accountability and authenticity. This book briefly outlines a framework of parallels between Fast food and Fast media in their related vertical integration, production, distribution and consumption. Responses to problems identified with Fast, and successes of Slow movements embracing ethical consumption of our finite and human resources, are considered in looking at the potential for value shifts in consumers' treatment of modern news media towards transforming complacent consumers to responsible citizens. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The effect of external debt on economic growth has been among the contentious issues. Based on panel data for 44 Sub-Saharan African countries for a period of over 30 years, this book reveals that external debt stock and debt services are found to have a statistically significant negative impact on economic growth especially at higher debt levels of debt/GDP ratio. The growth maximizing level of debt stock ranges from 25% to 45% of GDP. Furthermore, external debt affected growth by adversely affecting human capital formation. Debt service payments are also found to have the 'crowding out' effects on private investment. The implication of these findings is that countries in Africa should align their public policies towards maintaining a sustainable level of indebtedness, improve the quality of their man power, enhance good governance and control corruption. In addition to the provision of new loans, developed countries and multilateral institutions should foster development cooperation and fairer trade for Africa. Postgraduate students and other researchers will benefit by reading this book as it adds value to the theoretical and empirical literature on external debt. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book argues that considerations of stability and short- and medium-term prosperity are the primary reasons why the EU has promised to enlarge eastward and why the Eastern European nations wish to join. The author believes that the success of a research paper relies greatly on using results from a number of these sources and formulating theories that are as objective as possible to maximize the validity of the findings. Thus, the present document examines the preparation of Bulgaria for future participation in the structural policies of the EU with the purpose of achieving economic and social harmonization on the basis of the introduction of principles of regional and social policy. Structural funds are among the instruments used to achieve the aims of economic and social harmonization, and thus the preparation for their most effective and efficient use during the pre-accession period is very important. Within this context, the book examines the necessary organizational, administrative, legal and financial measures which must be undertaken in the pursuit of successful future participation in the structural funds of the EU. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -India is committed to Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and is a signatory of Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), yet at the start of the 11th Five- Year Plan, women's health and well-being have received far less attention and care both from civil society including their families and from the public sphere. The book found that the prevalence of morbidity, especially obstetric and gynecological morbidity was quite high among women of reproductive age group in rural West Bengal and also in rural Birbhum. Also, the prevalence of non-reproductive morbidity among women of the said age group, though not very high, cannot be ignored. The tendency to seek treatment for any morbidity was not satisfactory. Therefore this book tried to identify the socio-economic and demographic factors, which determine women's health status and their treatment seeking behaviour. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis starts from the description of two main concepts: 'poverty' and 'vulnerability to poverty'. It first presents the main definitions available in the existing literature and draws a basic premise: vulnerability has to be accounted for as likelihood and severity of future poverty (in other words, as the ex-ante perspective of the risk for an individual to become poor). It then lists the main indices used to measure vulnerability to poverty and poverty itself, setting the ground for an empirical application to the Italian panel data of households' income from 1994 to 2001. The final aim of this work is to provide evidence of the necessity to give risk and uncertainty a central role in the political and economic measures to face current destitution. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Globalization has transformed the world into a big village in which the rich are becoming richer and the poor getting poorer. Yet it is arguable that small businesses have assisted in providing much needed services to small communities that occupy informal settlements and exist on or below the poverty datum line. This book is about an application framework of soft and hard operational research (OR) techniques used to address the performance of micro-enterprises with Spaza shops in Western Cape as a specific case study. The techniques include Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) using Causal mapping and Soft System Methodology (SSM). These were chosen because of their suitability to understand performance problems faced by Spaza shops owners and find ways of improving the current situation by modelling the intervention of stakeholders. Statistical analysis came into account to enable us to capture the seasonality and bring up clustering patterns. We highlight the usefulness of combining the two approaches (soft and hard) when addressing business performance problem in the developing world. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study evaluates and compares the contribution of Total Factor Productivity to the economic development of Vietnam and China from 1980s to 2000s, the two most successful examples of economic transformation in recent history, as a paired case study. Based on the neo-classical theory of economic growth, the study attempts to analyze: (i) the contribution of TFP to economic development of each country; (ii) the overall assessment and the differences in the growth experience of two economies; (iii) some theoretical explanations for these results, and (iv) identifying some possible determinants of TFP. The study finds out that: (i) TFP played an important role in the economic growth of Vietnam and China since 1980s and especially in later years, contributed to their GDP growth 30.4% and 22.6% respectively; (ii) FDI is significant factor explaining the Vietnam's TFP growth from 1980 to 2000; (iii) business fluctuation affects the estimation of the Vietnam and China's TFP growth considerably, and (iv) accumulation of capital was the dominant factor that contributed to economic growth of Vietnam and China with 54.1% and 60.5% respectively. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Chapter 1 sets out the background to enterprise- wide risk management (EWRM). Chapter 2 examines literature on EWRM and Chapter 3 assesses key theoretical approaches to EWRM. Chapter 4 sets out the research design while Chapter 5 presents and discusses the results of an empirical investigation which explores the views of 16 Chief Executive Officers drawn from 16 Zimbabwean short- term insurance companies. Research evidence shows that whilst risk awareness seems good in most Zimbabwean short-term insurance companies, a significantly lower number take adequate measures to reduce risks to their lowest practical levels. It might be suggested that the Zimbabwean short-term insurance industry has limited capabilities to consistently identify, measure and manage risk exposures across the company and thereby limit exposures. Execution of EWRM is sporadic and losses have not been limited in accordance with predetermined risk tolerance guidelines. Therefore, the Zimbabwean short-term insurance industry might be viewed as having weak EWRM. Therefore this research provides a wide range of recommendations to address the identified weaknesses. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Job satisfaction is one of the main factors for achieving organizational success. It is the employees that make the critical difference between success and failure of institutions. Therefore, superior organizations should utilize job satisfaction as a tool to enhance their employee's performance which will -in return- enable the organizations to achieve their goals. This study aims at exploring the most important factors of job satisfaction' in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Yemen. Based on those results, organizations would design plans and establish motivation systems for boosting their employees' spirits and thus enhance their job satisfaction. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Media has tried to cover water and environment sector for a long time. Within environment and water sector is urban water sector; this is generating a series of events that are converted into news. The underlying problem in relation to his coverage on urban water issues as news is there is little knowledge about media's process of selecting water issues as news. And, what influences this coverage has on urban water management. This thesis attempts to find answers to this information gap. The study found that the process of news making requires new, unusual and controversial events that are selected through a series of gates; influenced by individual journalist's traits and flair, combined with external and internal influences of market, politics, public and idealism. In urban water, events related to crisis, controversy, tariff, pollution and private sector participation are considered news worthy. However, consistency of coverage is lacking and the media loses interest in the issues. Mainstream media is poorly equipped to address urban water issues and requires to be trained. However, news media does influence urban water management. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Economic prosperity have always been linked to international trade and inflow of foreign direct investment.However,over past decades,Energy is important input for all major sectors of an economy.But in South Asian region,Governments' insufficiency to initiate new projects to grow productive capacity of energy coupled with its increasing demand leads to power cutoffs.Which depict the lines of disequilibrium in energy demand and supply.For this region,a very little academic literature exist on why this crisis and what is energy-economic growth relationship.Moreover,previous literature based on simple causality bi-variate analysis.Thus,this book provides panel co-integration analysis for selected South Asian countries.whether economic growth takes precedence over energy use or energy itself motivates for growth.Several reports,data sets and policies are given in order to clarify and support the analysis.Beside this,based on analysis some short-term and long-term plannings,modified polices and recommendations are addressed.It should helpful to new upcoming studies,researches.specially useful to policy orientations to implement policies and projects,which are in national interest 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A new kind of journalism emerge in the Zimbabwean newsroom as journalists try to cope with the political and economic pressures bedeviling the country.Jonathan examines the constructions of professionalism at the Financial Gazette through interrogating the journalistic practices privileged during the process of news production in the context of overwhelming state power.Jonathan draws on qualitative research methods, particularly observation and multi-layered individual in-depth interviews to interrogate the complex choices reporters made to ether cooperate or resist government pressure in their daily practices. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Though all groups suffer from armed conflict situations, there is sufficient evidence that such conflcits are gendered and women's already marginalised positions worsens when such conflcits do occur.Using Critical Discourse Analysis, this book suggests that women in Northern Ghana suffered tremeandously in the 1994 'Guinea fowl' conflcit that occurred in Northern Region of Ghana and this is not different from experiences of women else where. I particularly focused on feminist analysis of the impact of armed conflcits. The invisibility of women in the peace building process was also evident after the cessation of hostilities. The book therefore strongly argues for women's inclusion since their voices need to be heard. This will ensure that women's concerns and experiences are included in the peace building process.Women by the dint of their perculiar experiences will also bring a positive face to conflict resolution by emphasising on basic and family needs. Conflict resolution must therefore be done by depending on the human rights agender for both men and women. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In a monopoly, the equilibrium outcome is the same no matter if firms compete on price or on quantity. However, lots of firms have visible rivals with whom strategic interaction is a fact of life. This is known as imperfect competition. With imperfect competition, competing on price will lead to a different outcome than competing on quantity. Each firm needs to analyze what strategy, price or quantity, brings the highest profit for the firm and the highest surplus for the consumer. In order to compare and contrast price and quantity competition, two classical models of duopoly, the Cournot and the Bertrand model, are introduced. These two models can be analyzed according to different setups. Homogeneous and heterogeneous goods are considered. Also, it is important to distinguish between simultaneous and sequential move of the firms in their strategic interaction. The sequential choosing of actions makes the game dynamic and is known as the Stackelberg game. Furthermore, it is necessary to distinguish between exogenous and endogenous moving time decision of the firms. This analysis should be especially useful to students and researchers in Microeconomics. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -I find walking on Delhi roads really difficult. My observations drew my attention to the plight of pedestrians. Further research revealed the casualty & morbidity toll and other details of Delhi roads to be quite bad as compared to other cities in the world. Over 100000 persons die every year in India in road accidents. In addition over 1.5 million are hospitalized and 7 million suffer minor injuries. The estimated annual loss is Rs. 550 billion i.e. 3% of GDP. In Delhi pedestrians form 50% of road accident casualties compared to 8.5% of the national average. As pedestrians people face several problems. There is practically no space to walk on. The footpaths have been encroached upon for various activities. These conditions are highly intolerable and unacceptable.I suggest some inexpensive solutions using existing infrastructure. These solutions, if implemented, will help drastically reduce the death toll involving pedestrians. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Discriminatiom and abuse against people with disabilities is an old age phenomenon affecting almost every nation. Policy interventions and awareness campaigns by national governments, human rights groups and the United Nations, though successful to a certain extent, have not eliminated the stigma and prejudice against disabled people. Their cries to be recognized as human beings have been heard but unheeded. Cultural beliefs that associate disability with abnormality have pushed disabled people out of the mainstream society, and despite good intentions for the recognition of their rights, they continue to encounter social barriers as a result of cultural stereotypes and prejudice. This book which is based on a research study conducted in Windhoek,Namibia, provides an insight into incidents and forms of discrimination and abuse against disabled people. The book is a suitable reference material for social workers, human rights groups, researchers, lawyers, education institutions and specialized United Nations agencies. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The motive for this research was to provide clarityon the increasinglydivergent opinions on the role and behaviour of SouthAfrican companies inthe rest of the African continent. The key questionthat can be asked is: AreSouth African investments, saviour or villain ofAfrican Development (Thomas, 2007) Are they exporting Apartheid (Mkhabela, 2007) or are thefears raised against South African companies unfounded The primary research objective of this study is toassess MTN-C s contributionto the economic development of Cameroon. The specificresearch questionsaddressed in this study are:1. What are the possible areas of economic impact 2. How can the effects of MTN-C s presence inCameroon be measured both qualitatively andquantitatively 3. What recommendations can be made to MTN-C To answer these questions, the researcher takes amulti-dimensional view of the economic impact acrosseight areas, viz., inflow of foreign direct capital,interaction with government, training and developmentof local staff, employment creation, localprocurement, spread of local shareholding, thelocal mobile communications sector and corporatesocial investment initiatives. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Now and perhaps more than ever, we have a need of good leadership and motivational methods. To get through the financial crisis we are experiencing at the moment, a strong focus on these two concepts has to be made. Therefore this book is going to look at leadership and motivation seen in relation to the public and private sector in Denmark. The focus of the book is on the difference between leadership and management, the link between leadership and motivation in the public and the private sector, the main challenges of increasing employee motivation for leaders in the public and private sector and lastly the current challenges in managing people in the public and private sector and how leadership and motivational theories can overcome these challenges. Since it is a theoretical book the argumentation will be based on models and theories within the field of motivation and leadership. The book gives an introduction into how motivation and leadership work in Denmark in the public and private sector and should be useful for leaders or managers or people in general who have an interest in the issues of motivation and leadership. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study focuses on the meanings that residents in Budiriro attached on cholera illness and the appropriateness of cholera interventions by various institutions. It sought to find out the varied meanings that were attached by residents who were affected and infected by cholera. Since the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe epitomized the zenith of the economic meltdown, various humanitarian organizations chipped in to help contain the outbreak. The study then sought to capture the various cholera responses that residents showed in the face of cholera and the interventions that were administered in their areas. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents a research that seeks to reveal the factors contributing to B2C e-commerce success from the Lithuanian and Danish perspectives. The main aim of the research is to analyze B2C e-commerce performance and determine its success factors. B2C e-commerce decisions and success depend on country and sector specific situation. However, this dependence is not very high and is mainly based on external factors such as market size, maturity, online shopping prevalence, education level, buying culture, etc. Experts present B2C e-commerce success as a complex process which incorporates a number of important factors, and orientation or improvement of only one activity can't lead online retailer to success. As the most important groups of factors the research distinguished the appropriate initial preparation and value creation for consumers. Despite the limitations, this research can be the background for further exploration of peoples' buying culture and value in online shopping. Also this research can be extended with particular online retailers' sample by performing a case study. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research work involves a study of synergistic view of Strategic Alliances, Innovation and Collaboration in Biotechnology domain from a firm level perspective using evaluation metrics like Balanced Scorecard. It also examines the characteristics of Alliances in Emerging Economies and contributes in enriching the literature.A conceptual model has been referred to here from relevant academic literatures involving Trust, Alliance Governance (Leadership) Strategic Intent(direction),Organization Culture, Knowledge sharing and Internal Business process which enhances alliance satisfaction and increases performance.This performance can be measured by metrics like Balanced Scorecard and an attempt has been made to do that. A model has been proposed and hypothesis has been framed involving measurement of performance awaiting validation through empirical research. This study in its essence, aims to provide a theoretical background for a broader research theme in one of the elements as proposed in the conceptual model and prepares the pathway for undertaking a focussed research by application of various qualitative and quantitative measurements 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The sizeable public sector resources in India have began to flow in livelihood sector in Disadvantaged Agriculture. Improvement in Agriculture Livelihood in Disadvantaged Agriculture has potentials to counter poverty & destitution of farming community. The technology based interventions are being disseminated to enhance livelihood of farming community in Disadvantaged Agriculture through different livelihood programs being undertaken. The public sector is collaborating with civil society organisations and private sector to refine and transfer agriculture technology for livelihood enhancement of farming community living in Disadvantaged Agriculture. The technology transfer paradigm of Green Revolution era has given way to institution based transfer of technology through consortium mode of working in implementation of livelihood programs. The consortium mode of working has become a dominant technology transfer paradigm in Disadvantaged Agriculture in Indian context. The present book depicts the implementation plan of Livelihood Programs in Disadvantaged Agriculture with reference to World Bank funded National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP). 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The entire study consisted of basically five phases. In the present investigation, the definition of standardization has been adopted as given by Roger T. Lennon i.e. here standardization means to determine validity, reliability and norms of the test. The definition is also mentioned in 'Measurement in Physical Education' by Donald K. Mathews (1978) The five phases are as follows: Phase I: Planning and preparation of a test set of 50 questions from Trigonometry for class IX. Phase II: Percentage of agreeability or content-cum-face validity with the help of subject experts and field experts. Phase III: Group try out for Item analysis. Phase IV: The final try-out to obtain reliability Phase V: Developing norms for the test. The above design of the study is also supported by Lee J. Cronbach (1984). 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A Free Lunch or Lunch for Free is a bachelor thesis regarding European Community's (EC) foeign aid policy to many of the least developed countrise in the world. EC is not a traditional state and there is an ongoing debate if it is possible for a non-state actor to present a foreig policy. In the lack of a military army, EC has during the last decade increased the annual amount of foreign aid to be the second largest in the world and has, by that, received an instrument that has been considered powerful in foreign policy for long time. In the same time EC is founded on liberal assumptions about democracy, human rights and rule of law, but is it possible to see these values in the practical foreign aid policy What are the purposes for EC to give away nearly $30 billion in five years to the worlds poorest and least developed countries Is it to assist them in their escape from poverty or is it a way to make Europe more influent 56 pp. Englisch.…