Dissertation Titles of Recent Graduates

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2013

  • Okorie, Victor Ogbonnaya
    Living with oil: pollution and politics of loss and plunder in postcolonial Nigeria

    • 2012

    • Ifediora, John
      Sources of economic underdevelopment in Nigeria and proposed remedies
    • Opoku-Agyemang, Kweku
      The political and behavioral foundations of inclusive economic institutions: Susu collection in Ghana
    • Washington, Fred
      Donor ideology and implementation and recipient autonomy: a comparison of three religious organizations in Africa

    2011

    • Casal, Maria del Pilar
      Motherhood wage penalty and labor market segmentation in Argentina
    • Dougherty, Michael
      Peasants, firms, and activists in the struggle over gold mining in Guatemala: shifting landscapes of extraction and resistance

    2010

    • Al-Serhan, Muwafaq
      Addressing poverty and improving livelihoods in Bedouin regions of Jordan

    2009

    • Hernandez, Martin
      Changing livelihoods among low-income and rural households in Oaxaca, Mexico
    • Galetto, Valeria
      Three essays on migration and local development in two rural communities of Western Mexico

    2008

    • Rojanasaeng, Nonglak
      Problems and prospects of adaptive co-management of coastal resources in Phangnga Bay

    2007

    • Majee, Wilson
      Cooperatives and the creation of social capital: a case of rural cooperative home care
    • Areethamsirikul, Sarinna The impact of ASEAN enlargement on economic integration: successes and impediments under ASEAN political institution
    • Heaton, Lisa Crafting strategies and contesting space: a multi-scaled case study on Guarani participation in national and subnational development planning and municipal politics in Comiri, Bolivia
    • Cormier, Kelley The nature and structure of contracts: a framework for understanding the process of institutional change
    • A.G. De Alencar, Frederico
      Basic education and public policies assessment in the Brazilian northeast region
    • Kuriakose, Anne
      Clusters, belts and schemes: governance and upgrading among handloom textile clusters in Andhra Pradesh, India

    2006

    • Chavunduka, Charles
      Devolution for Land Rights Control in Africa and the Role of Traditional Leaders: Lessons from South Africa's Experience 1994-2006

    2005

    • Sysamouth, Vinya
      Dai People's Indiginous Knowledge System of Communal Irrigation: A Case Study of the Adjustment of the Tai Lue to Centralized Policies in Xishuangbanna, Yunna, China

    2004

    • Mazvimavi, Kizito
      Socioeconomic Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Resettlement Areas of Zimbabwe
    • Behrendt, Adam
      Bridging the Gap between Democratization Theory and Development Practice: Lessons from a Study of International Aid Programs for Strengthening Democratic Local Governance in Bolivia

    2003

    • Gustafson, James
      Power and Development: Sustainable Grassroots Development in a Thai Marginalized Periphery
    • Joseph, Edwin
      Responses to the Design, Application, and Management of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Datasets (Generated Models) for Managing Extension Programs (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • Lledó, Victor Duarte
      Institutional Arrangements and Government Performance in the Brazilian Federation

    2002

    • Barquero, Francisco
      Identifying Successful Participation in Women's Lending Groups in Nicaragua's Agricultural Frontier: The Community Bank "Hand-in Hand" in Waslala, Nicaragua
    • Contreras-Moreno, Nancy
      Agricultural Technology Transfer: Assessing 60 Years of Experiences in Mexico
    • Jensen, Eva
      Community-based Tenure Systems: Potentials for Land Reform in South Africa
    • Mohammed, Abdalla
      Continuity and Decline of Indigenous Rangeland Management Systems in the Eastern Communal Areas of Namibia: The Case of Okuapa
    • Sabates, Ricardo
      Evolution of the Labor Market in a Regional City: The Changing Economic Performance of Emigrants from Mexico City
    • Zama, Isaac
      Land Tenure Rights, Community Participation and Conflict Management in Community Foresty in Cameroon: A Study of the Mount Kilim/Ijim Community Forestry Project

    2001

    • Geran, Jean
      Coping with Crisis: Social Capital and the Resilience of Rural livelihoods in Northern Thailand
    • Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel
      Adapting to Land Reform: Self-Selection, Production and the Response of Subsistence Farmers to Land Restitution in Post-Socialist Romania
    • Seda, Francisia
      Petroleum Paradox: Natural Resources and Development in Indonesia, 1967-1997
    • Welsh, Margaret
      Management of Mountain Forest and Pasture Resources in Albania: Local Control and Tenure Security in a Post Reform Economy