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  Working Together for Prevention and Control of Zoonoses in India 

  Abbas, Syed (University of Sussex, 2019-07-01)

  Despite calls for collaborations across animal and human health sectors to control zoonoses, a ‘black-box’ approach to collaborations means there is limited understanding of their drivers, characteristics and dynamics. In ...
• Environmentalism in China and India: a comparative analysis of people and politics in two coal capitals 

  Wu, Pin-Hsien (University of Sussex, 2015)

  This dissertation presents the results of an interdisciplinary environmental study that focuses on the formation of environmental discourse at the grassroots level of society. Case studies on the ‘Coal Capitals’ in Guizhou ...
• Linking social protection and resilience to climate change: A case study of the conditional cash transfer programme Oportunidades in rural Yucatan, Mexico 

  Solórzano Sánchez, Ana Evanisi (University of Sussex, 2015)

  This thesis examines the linkages between social protection and resilience to climate change among poor rural households. To date there is a very limited understanding of the potential role of social protection programmes ...
• Three essays on the economics of education in post-conflict settings: the case of Timor-Leste 

  Goulão Santos, Ricardo Jorge Moreira (University of Sussex, 2015)

  This thesis seeks to contribute to the knowledge of the economics of education in post-conflict, by proposing an economic analysis of such a setting as a hybrid socio-economic environment, where conflict, despite having ...
• The impact of rising food prices on household welfare in Zambia 

  Chibuye, Miniva (University of Sussex, 2015)

  Given the global food price spike experienced in 2007/8, the core question of this research is, ‘what was the impact of the rising food prices on household welfare in Zambia’? Taking an empirical approach and using ...
• "When glass breaks, it becomes sharper": de-constructing ethnicity in the Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan 

  Adlparvar, Naysan (University of Sussex, 2015)

  This thesis is a theoretically framed and historically informed political analysis of ethnicity in the Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan. Existing literature on ethnicity in Afghanistan is conceptually fragmented and lacks ...
• Rule(s) over regulation: the making of water reforms and regulatory cultures in Maharashtra, India 

  Srivastava, Shilpi (University of Sussex, 2015)

  This research focuses on how water sector reforms are unfolding in the state of Maharashtra, India. In 2005, Maharashtra launched an ambitious reform programme with support from the World Bank to establish an independent ...
• Structural power and the political sources of central bank policy in developing countries 

  Dafe, Florence (University of Sussex, 2015)
• The party-state, business and a half kilo of milk: a study of the dynamics of regulation in China’s dairy industry 

  Snell, Sabrina (University of Sussex, 2014)

  This thesis examines the challenge of regulation in China’s dairy industry—a sector that went from being the country’s fastest growing food product to the 2008 melamine-milk incident and a nationwide food safety crisis. ...
• The power of perceptions: elites, opinion polling, and the quality of elections in sub-Saharan Africa 

  Ramshaw, Graeme (University of Sussex, 2014)

  This thesis examines the impact of the recent introduction of public opinion polling on the quality of elections in sub-Saharan Africa to understand why it has contributed to greater transparency and representativeness in ...
• 'Looking at risk with both eyes’: health and safety in the Cerro Rico of Potosí (Bolivia) 

  López-Trueba, Mei (University of Sussex, 2014)

  This thesis is concerned with core assumptions and practices in dominant approaches to Occupational Health and Safety (hereafter, OHS). I critically evaluate these through an anthropological exploration of the everyday ...
• Commercial pressures and social justice in the Indian textile and garment industries: rules, conventions, commitments and change 

  Braithwaite, Peter Franklin (University of Sussex, 2012)

  This thesis explores the tensions that arise when business enterprises respond to situations that have both commercial aspects and implications for workers. Using Grounded Theory methodology it examines data from 56 case ...
• Food demand, uncertainty and investments in human capital: three essays on rural Andhra Pradesh, India 

  Masset, Edoardo (University of Sussex, 2010)

  This dissertation provides some explanations of the causes of poverty in rural India, by investigating poverty determinants that are too often neglected in the literature and in policy debates. It proceeds in three main ...
• Essays on the macroeconomic management of foreign aid flow in Africa 

  Martins, Pedro Miguel Gaspar (University of Sussex, 2010)

  The main motivation of this thesis is to contribute to the literature on the macroeconomic effects of foreign aid flows. It consists of four empirical papers, investigating the two main channels through which aid flows ...
• Hidden on the line: labour contracting in the Korean automobile industry 

  Lee, Jong-Woon (University of Sussex, 2010)

  Not only is there an increase in the use of contract workers in some of today’s workplaces, but a qualitative shift has also taken place in the nature of labour contracting, as the operation of labour intermediaries has ...
• In-flux: (re)negotiations of gender, identity and 'home' in post-war Southern Sudan 

  Grabska, Katarzyna (University of Sussex, 2010)

  Can war and displacement have an empowering and emancipating impact on gender asymmetries? How does being continuously on the move and ‘in-flux’ due to war and years spent being displaced and returning supposedly ‘home’ ...
• Engaging with the political: examining the interface of NGOs, Panchayati Raj institutions and poor people in two Indian states 

  Abraham-Talks, Sunita (University of Sussex, 2010)
• The political determinants of resource allocation in Mexican municipalities: the fund for municipal social infrastructure 

  Salazar Domínguez, Julián G. (University of Sussex, 2011)

  This research explores the political factors that affect the allocation of antipoverty funds in Mexican municipalities. Specifically, it analyses whether the adoption of FAISM, a decentralised fiscal fund intended to reduce ...
• Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: the case of the garment industry in Morocco 

  Rossi, Adrianna (University of Sussex, 2011)

  The conditions under which social upgrading, i.e., the process of improvements in the rights and entitlements of workers as social actors by enhancing the quality of their employment, takes place in global production ...
• Patrons, brothers and landlords: competing for the vote in rural Pakistan 

  Mohmand, Shandana Khan (University of Sussex, 2011)

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