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This paper aims at understanding the dynamics of sectarian violence in the city of Beirut, by looking at the early phase of violence in the Lebanese civil war (1975-90), and the process of dividing Beirut into various sectarian enclaves controlled by the warring militias. The paper aims to show...
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Dar es Salaam is exceptional in East Africa for having a record of relatively little ethnic tension, and remaining tranquil and true to its name, the 'harbour of peace'. This paper explores the interface between ethnic and national identities in Tanzania's capital city, focusing on its ethnic...
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, there are opportunities for reducing pollution, alleviating poverty, improving the urban environment, and lowering …
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Do local improvements in infrastructure provision improve city competitiveness? What public finance mechanisms stimulate local infrastructure supply? And how do local efforts compare with national decisions of placing inter-regional trunk infrastructure? In this paper, we examine how the...
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across the rural-urban gradient. The gender gap increases with connectivity from rural to peri-urban areas, and disappears in …Gender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change … high-density urban areas. In non-rural areas, child dependency does not constrain young women, and secondary education …
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Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic … opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to …
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Cyclone Idai, the most devastating cyclone ever recorded in Southern Africa, caused havoc in large parts of central Mozambique, especially the port city of Beira, upon its landfall in March 2019. This study reviews and compares measurements of the impact, using various sources of remote sensing...
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Based on tax records data from Ecuador, we analyse gender differences in top income groups from 2008 to 2017. Ecuador … incomes across gender, with around 80 per cent of individuals in the top 10 per cent group remaining in this group from year …
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protection programmes and may undermine the political support for these programmes. This paper analyses Ecuador's conditional … largely misplaced. By examining broader patterns of institutionalization of occupational gender segregation, the role of cash …
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We conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect …. Second, male dictators appropriate a greater share of the pie than females and more is taken from known gender (male …
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