Master Theses 2000-2010
An overview of master theses that were submitted in English between 2000 and 2010.
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2010
Author: | Title of master thesis: |
Aimar Alkhold | Nigerian Criminal Networks; a comparative analysis |
Susanne Lier Fagerbakke | How do the spheres of state, industry and university contribute to learning and innovation in the Orkney Marine Energy Sector & what characterises their interaction? A case study of how a local network contributes to learning and innovation in the Orkney Marine Energy Sector |
Admir Mesic | Economic Imperatives and International Regulations. The Case of INA and Corporate Social Responsibility |
Øyvind Samnøy Tefre | |
Sushmita Acharya | |
Eric Adu | Challenges of Consolidating Democratic Local Governance in Ghana: The Case of Low Voter Turnout in the District Assembly Elections |
A. H. M. Kamrul Ahsan | |
Timothy Allison Findlater | |
Md. Mostafizur Rahman Khan | Nature and Extent of Women Participation in Union Parishad in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges - A Qualitative Study of Three Union Parishads |
Abdul-Razak Mahamadu | |
Orest Sebastian Masue | |
Md. Nurul Momen | Challenges of Implementing Public Procurement Reform Initiatives in Bangladesh: The Case of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) |
Rebecca Lynn Radlick | An Implementation Analysis of The Introductory Program for Newly Arrived Immigrants |
Nadarajah Rajkumar | "GPs in Norway are working in Service Regime" and "GPs select a regime to maintain their Reputation" A study characterizes the general practitioners clinical decision making behaviour in their own sense as Professionals, Street-level bureaucrats, Entrepreneurs and Public Service Managers |
Padma Paudel Timalsena | Primary level enrolment and drop out of girls in Nepal: A case study in Kavrepalanchok District. |
2009
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Chro Borhan | |
Tove Svanøe Endresen | Stairway to heaven. Please Hold the Handrail! A study on the organizational safety in Norske Shell |
Kjersti Gjuvsland | Land Reform in Post- Apartheid South Africa. A Case Study of challenges and opportunities for Land Reform Beneficiaries in the Western and Northern Cape Provinces |
Emmanuel Kofi Ayisi | Challenges of implementing public policy in developing countries: The case of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) |
Imtiaz Badshah | NPM INSPIRED REFORMS IN PAKISTAN - A Study of the Implementation of Performance Evaluation in the Civil Service |
Victoria Chimhutu: | |
Benedicte Kjøbstad: | Total Institutions in Norway: Do they exist? |
Douglas Hugh John Montgomery | Taming the Market?: Public Revenuefrom Non-Conventional Oil Extraction in Alberta (Canada) and Norway |
Ghulam Mustafa | Leadership Frames of Midlevel Public Managers and Implementation of Public Sector Change: A Case Study of Federal Board of Revenue Pakistan |
Mercy Asi Ocansey | The challenges in community particiption, the case of the New Juaben Municipal council |
Evelyn Quarm |
2008
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Laura Elisabet Drivdal | Regulating Environmental Harmful Industries. A study of two Norwegian environmental NGOs efforts at making industries more environmental friendly. |
Ingvild Nordstrand | Democracy as a part of Norwegian Development Aid |
Berit Bjerkli | Power in the cooling water of budget support. The formal structure between the Government of Tanzania, the donors and the Non Governmental Organizations. |
Abu Hossain Muhan Ahsan | The Implementation of Reform Initiatives in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Financial Management Reform Programme (FMRP) |
Narottam Aryal | Adoption and Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility. A Case Study of Standard Chartered Bank. |
Abu Hossain Muhammad Ahsan | The implementation of Reform Initiatives in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Financial Management Reform Programme (FMRP) |
Fardaus Ara | Public-Private Partnership in Providing Primary Health Care Services in Urban Bangladesh |
Narottam Aryal | Adoption and Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility. A Case Study of Standard Chartered Bank |
Chandra Kumar Ghimire | |
Rachel Mumba Kayeyi | International and National Policy Regimes: Brain Drain in the Public Health Sector in Zambia |
Bernard P. Marcelline | The Progress of Democratization in Tanzania. A study on the declining number of elected parliamentary candidates from opposition parties between 1995 and 2005 elections. |
Betty Nangira | A comparison of Health Care Service Delivery in Public and Private Health Centres. A Case study of Lumino and Busitema Sub Counties Busia District Uganda. |
Nqaba Nkomana | Land use Management and Land Re-distribution in South-Africa: A Case of Emalahleni Local Municipality |
Innocent Nkwasiibwe | Do Health projects work for the poor? The relevance of the Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project (NECDP) in implementing Uganda's poverty reduction programme. |
EllenSarquah | |
Frederico Sbalzo | Growing pains in a small successful service provider |
Alexander Alexandrovich Shestakov | |
Sophia Esinam Aku Awitty | Implementing public-private partnership in Ghana, the case of Ghana Telecom. |
Md. Anwar Hossain | Women's participation in social change decisions: A study of two Union Partishads of Bangladesh |
Mohammad Imrul Kayes | The job satisfaction of university teachers in Bangladesh - A case study of Dhaka University. |
2007
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Anette Gussiås | Governing by quota: Assessing the implementation of the EU emission trading directive in the United Kingdom and Poland |
Cecilia Roberts | Chasing quality. A study of UNESCO's role in the development of global quality assurance guidelines for cross-border higher education |
Njål Are Rosingaunet | |
Kristin Tomren | Strategies to gain legitimacy at the University of Western Cape and the University of Stellenboch |
Gunta Venge | Negotiating Citizenship in Latvia: A Study of Citizenship Policy and Lawmaking 1991-1998 |
Musanga Mbusuro Etimba | Privatization of government services and its effects on working conditions and socio-economic situations of employed women: the case of National Microfinance Bank of Tanzania |
Daniel Appiah | |
Baraba Aloyce Firmin | The role of Non-governmental organisations in empowering disabled people in Tanzania: a case of people with spinal cord injuries in the Kilimanjaro Region |
Cecilia Roberts | Chasing Quality – a study of UNESCO’s role in the development of global quality assurance guidelines for the cross-boarder higher education |
Ansa Masaud | Women representation in parliament in Pakistan: a study of representation of women’s interests in the 12th National Assembly |
Anna Julegina | |
Patience Linda Madoma | A child's right to education: Challenges to the implementation of the national plan of action for orphans and other vulnerable children in Epworth District, Zimbabwe |
Md. Tanzir Mosabbir | Actors and contexts in the policy making process: A case study on information, communication and technology policy in Bangladesh. |
Josephine Matrine Duway | An investigation on factors that lead to student dropout. A case study of Daar-Es-Salaam University, Tanzania |
Laxmi Datt Kalauni | Community participation in school management: A study of community managed secondary schools in the Bagmati Zone of Nepal. |
Rejoice Evelyn Tandstad | An investigation into the strategies a civil society organization uses to influence Harare City Council: The case of Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) |
2006
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Gro Kamfjord | The university intellectual - Critic or expert? |
Kristian Li | The new contractualism: Many and different approaches. An exploration of contemporary use and interpretations of contractual protocols. |
Gigliola Mathisen | Alienation of higher education? Investigating Norwegian Initiatives on the General Agreement on Trade in Services |
Saif Uddin Ahmed | |
Anna Banasiak | Women's career paths: Gender inequality in employment. A comparative study of a Polish and a Norwegian company. |
Shamima Tasnim | |
Mohammed Selim | Problems of higher education in Bangladesh: A study on the performance of the teachers of Islamic University, Kushtia. |
Zia Obaid | |
Emmanuel Lukumai | |
Renuka Priyantha Ilandarige | Challenges in Implementing New Public Management Initiatives in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Sri Lanka. |
Rebecca Glavee-Geo | Policy implementation in Ghana - The case of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) programme |
2005
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Henning Rage | Organisational structures and managerial work in large-scale project organisations - A case study of the Ormen Lange Onshore project |
Mohamed Faizal | |
Tamanna Kabir | The story of rural electrification program in Bangladesh - a lesson of success |
Shanaz Begum | Public discourse in a developing society: The incest case in Bangladesh |
Rameshwor Dangal | |
Rosemary Oswald Mruma | |
Gerald K. Karyeija | |
Amanda Isabel Medina Hernandez | Learning from Pisa: The mexican experience |
Adam Fusheini | |
Mehnaz Gul | |
Thomas Buabeng | Implementing public policy at the local level in Ghana: The experience of Akwapem South District in poverty reduction |
Vijay Singh Beniwal | |
Nicole Ann Fornasier | Childbirth Health Care Policy in the United States and Norway: A comparative Case study on the role of Midwifery |
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam | Does organizational culture matter for school performance? A study of government and brac primary school in Bangladesh |
2004
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Berg, Dag Erik | Caste, Race and Durban - An analysis of a Dalit Human Rights campaign and the debate in India about the relevance of caste discrimination in the World Conference against Racism in Durban 2001. |
Wessels, Frank | Strategisk planlegging eller Muddling-through - En sammenlignende case-studie av kommunale planleggingsprosesser i Bergen og Münster. |
Panday, Pranab Kumar | |
Chowdhury, Saber Ahmed | |
Anokye, Bernice Otaah | Participation in Basic Education: A Study of Community participation in Primary Schools in the Ga District of Ghana”. |
Kyohairwe, Stella B. |
2003
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Bjørkelo, Birte | The Power of Learning on the Global Age - The World Bank and Environmental NGOs. |
Innvik, Jostein | Do electoral laws effect the access of interests to the national assembly? |
Nielsen, Gøril Vikøren | |
Tonheim, Milfrid | The HIV/Aids Controversy in South Africa: - A Study of the Parliament Deliberation of HIV/AIDS and Antiretrovital Medication |
Roduit, Pascal | Decriminalization of Cannabis in Switzerland: - Pragmatic Policy Transfer and Consensual Policy Making (1996-2003). |
Timilsina, Mohadatta | Why only a few women reach the top positions? A study on women’s status in the civil service of Nepal |
M.Mahfuzul Haque | THE CULTURE OF TADBIR: The Building Block of Administrative Decisions in the Bangladesh Civil Service |
Nusrat Johan Chowdhury | The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord Implementation In Bangladesh: Promises and Performance. |
Alex James Shayo | The impact of institutional autonomy on the performance of anti-corruption agencies |
Regina Otoriwa Amanfo | The under-representation of women in the district assembly in Ghana: A case study of the Acora Metropolitan Assembly and Tempa Municipal Assembly |
Endashaw Bakha | Factors affecting the privatization policy implementation in developing countries: A case study of privatization policy in Ethiopia |
Eliaika A. Manyanga | Challenges to the Implementation of Tax Reform in the Local Government in Tanzania: a Case Study of Dar es Salaam City Council and the City Comission |
Yasmin Jahan | Does Social Capital foster women empowerment? Case Studies of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh |
Aminath Khuzaima | Learning in Public Sector Organizations: Administration Reform in Republic of Maldives |
Kazi Maraful Islam | Civil society and urban governance in Bangladesh – an exploration of the strategies that a civil society organisation uses to influence the urban policy networks in Bangladesh: A study on Khulna Metropolitan City, Bangladesh |
2002
Author: | Title of master thesis: |
Berg, Truls Asbjørn | |
Awuor, Emily Achieng | |
Saida Seleman Fundi | Community Participation in Education: An insight to major challenges facing participatory system in primary in Tanzania |
Eliza A. Mwakasangkla | Administrative Reform Measures: A Study of Civil Service in the Period 1993-1999 |
Hari Raj Acharya | Decentralization in Nepal: Are the District Governments making their Development Plans by them selves? |
Nasim Ahmed | Privatization of State owned enterprises (SOE’s) in Bangladesh: A Study of Policy Implementation |
Xiong Zhang | Governance and Environment in Earthbound China: A Social Constructionist Model? |
Khadija Samma | The Perception of Environmental Problems in Tanzania: The Case Study of Dar es Salaam |
Emma Evelyn Mwela-Mshomi | An Analysis of the Effect of Tanzania’s ‘Cost Sharing’ in the Education Policy for Primary Schools: A Case Study made in Dodoma and Dar es Salaam Region |
Rui Manuel Hanjan | Policy Transfer Within the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor: An Ideal of Local Democratic Institution (The Case of Community Empowerment Project) |
Augusto Soares Barreto | The Status of Women in East Timor in Relation to High Position in Public Administration |
2001
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Sporstøl, Siw Fedog | State and Civil Society in China - A Study of the All-China Federation of Trade union in the Era of Reform |
Iman Sheikh, Abdirahman | |
Muriisa Roberts | Non-Governmental Organisations and Rural development in Uganda |
Kijakazi Rajabu Mtengwa | Constitutional Problems of Unbalanced Federal Systems: an insight of union problems of the United Republic of Tanzania and their implications to democracy and the future of the Union |
Igor Kalzakorta-Elorriaga | Climate Change Policy – Rhetoric or Reality? – Spanish climate change policy strategy at the pre-Kyoto and post-Kyoto stages |
MD. Amran Hossain | The Nomination Procedures of Candidates Selection for the Jafiya Sangsad (National Parliament) Election: A comparative study of two major political parties (AL and BNP) in Bangladesh |
Jaqueline Attafuah | The Implementation of Public Financial Management Reform Programme in Ghana- Revenue Management (VAT) and Budgetary Process (BPEMS) |
Fiona Alexander | Interpretations and Implementation of Internationalization in Norwegian Higher Education – Exploring Business and Academic Functions in Student Fellowships |
MD. Shahjahan Hafez Bhuiyan | Solid waste management organization in Urban Bangladesh: Ideals and Realities |
Bharat Raj Gautam | Reforming the public sector: A study of administrative reforms in Nepal |
Hari Paudel | The Implementation of Privatization Policy in Nepal – Is privatization a viable policy option? |
Nicholas Fowler | A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Models in the Cross-national comparison of social welfare systems – with reference to the UK, Scandinavia and the United States |
S.M. Abdul Quddus | Professional role orientation of primary school teachers in Bangladesh: Mission improbable? |
Vincent Kwasi Bi | Interpretation of leadership styles in Ghanaian organisations – The Case of Ghanaian Schools |
2000
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Tollef Ladehaug | Institutional conditions for students' reactions towards old based teaching and learning modules on campus. |
Sonja Poole | |
Paul Okot-Okello | Challenges of introducing organisational change: A Case study of the public service reform programme in Uganda |
MD. Taiabur Rahman | The role of parliamentary committees in ensuring bureaucratic accountability in Bangladesh |
M. Rashid Mtaume | Constitutional change in Tanzania: Some insights into the past and present and its implications for democracy and constitutionalism |
Richard L. Whitehead | The institutionalization of the Tanzanian opposition parties: How stable are they? |
Beatrice K. Patrick | Why few women managers: A study of the Tanzanian civil service |
Anwarul Karim | Recent changes in the structure of the union parishad in Bangladesh: Scope for participation of women |
Msangi Salim Ramadani | Judiciary in Tanzania: Problems and reforms in relation to administration of justice |
Yuda S. Mkumbwa | Relationship between the political system and industrial relations system in Tanzania (1961-1992) |
Mohammad Bux Burdey | Management issues in basic education in Tharparkar (deserted area) Sindh, Pakistan. |