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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria

Archibong, Belinda - 2016

Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...

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An examination of the impact of product and service quality perceptions on customer loyalty in rural banks in Ghana: the importance of social networks for nascent entrepreneurs

Dadzie, Kofi; Evans, Jocelyn; Mack, Rhonda - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 100-114

This study focuses on a national sample of customers who used commercial bank products/services in Ghana. The results demonstrate that social and cultural influences are important determinants of marketing practices of banking institutions in Ghana. Although, societal leaders are critical of the...

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Competing cleavages in sub-Saharan Africa? How economic distance affects ethnic bloc politics

Conroy-Krutz, Jeffrey - 2016

Does economic standing cross-cut ethnicity in African electoral politics? In many countries in the region, ethnicity appears to be a major consideration in individuals' political decision-making. However, there is significant variation in the extent to which coethnics support parties en bloc;...

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Horizontal inequalities and affirmative action: An analysis of attitudes towards redistribution across groups in Africa

Langer, Arnim; Stewart, Frances; Schroyens, Maarten - 2016

Inequalities between ethnic or racial groups, defined as horizontal inequalities, are pervasive and persistent. They persist due to cumulative and reinforcing inequalities arising from unequal access to different types of capital. Affirmative action policies can provide promising opportunities...

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Ethnicity is not public service destiny: The political logic of service distribution in South Africa

Porten, John; Rhee, Inbok; Gibson, Clark C. - 2021

remains highly uneven across the country. Most studies of service provision in Africa assume that politicians will target … provision from the start. Rather than assuming that ethnicity underlies service distribution in Africa, we argue that … councillors and their mayor helps to account for the variation in service provision across South Africa's municipalities. We test …

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Colonial origin, ethnicity, and intergeneration mobility in Africa

Funjika, Patricia; Getachew, Yoseph Yilma - 2019

This paper estimates the relationship between differences in skills measured among within-country ethnic groups and individual human capital accumulation in eight African countries. Our results show that the skills of an individual in these countries depends more on the human capital levels of...

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Releasing indigenous entrepreneurial capacity: a case study of the Yolngu clan in a remote region of Northern Australia

Pearson, Cecil A.L.; Helms, Klaus - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 72-84

A pathway for indigenous people to increase their economic independence is by developing entrepreneurial business engagements. As a strategy to reduce the significant differences between indigenous business aspirations and non-indigenous business participation the Australian Government policy of...

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Barriers to indigenous enterprise development on communally owned land

Nikolakis, William - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 85-99

This research focuses on understanding barriers to indigenous enterprise development (IED) on inalienable and communal land in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. A total of 56 face-to-face interviews were conducted with experts or opinion leaders on IED in the region. The barriers...

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First Nations gaming in Saskatchewan: fostering entrepreneurship, economic diversification, cultural preservation and awareness: a proposed research agenda

Kayseas, Bob; Schneider, Bettina; Goodpipe, Jo-anne - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 21-41

Nations Trust, as First Nations pursue development through economic diversification and entrepreneurship. …

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Business success among visible and non-visible ethnic entrepreneurs: a look at the effects of unemployment, co-ethnic involvement and human capital

Kariv, Dafna; Menzies, Teresa V.; Brenner, Gabrielle A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 115-150

This study examines the relationship between the success of businesses owned by ethnic minority immigrants in Canada and measures of their prior employment status in their homelands, their co-ethnic involvement in Canada and their educational level. Our findings show that while they were mainly...

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