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Trees, tenure and conflict : rubber in colonial Benin
Fenske, James - 2011
the Benin region of colonial Nigeria. Farmers initially obtained land by traditional methods. Mature farmswere assets that … for food crops. -- Africa ; Nigeria ; tree crops ; rubber ; land tenure ; land conflict … faced disputes with competing claimants and the state. I show that the introduction of Para rubber had similar effects in …
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Borderline disorder : (de facto) historical ethnic borders and contemporary conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2020
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306383
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Borderline disorder: (de facto) historical ethnic borders and contemporary conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2020
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294782
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(De facto) historical ethnic borders and land tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2023
We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249737
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(De facto) historical ethnic borders and land tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2023
We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276040
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Socio-Economic Effects of Farmers-Fulani Herdsmen's Conflict on Farmers Output in Benue, Nigeria
Ijirshar, Victor - 2015
Land as an indispensible factor of production has been at the centre of several conflicts among men. This study analysed the conflict between Benue farmers and Fulani Herdsmen in Benue state with particular emphasis on the socio-economic effects of the conflict on Benue farmers output in the...
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Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria
Mogues, Tewodaj - 2014
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The dark side of globalization : the vicious cycle of exploitation from world market integration ; lesson from the Congo
Exenberger, Andreas; Hartmann, Simon - 2007
object of these demands (slaves, ivory, rubber, copper, diamonds, coltan) changed over the centuries and decades, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731796
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Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa
Sumberg, James; Anyidoho, Nana Akua; Chasukwa, Michael; … - 2014
This paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people's unemployment in Africa through agriculture. Using notions of transitions and mobilities we set out a transformative work and opportunity space framework that privileges difference and diversity among work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345249
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Taxation in the Tanzanian Gold Sector : Overview of Impacts and Possible Solutions
Magai, Petro - 2013
This paper analyses the factors that reduce the gold sector's contribution to the Tanzanian government's revenue. Tanzania is among Africa's largest gold exporters. Yet ordinary Tanzanians have seen little benefit from this. This is partly because the government has enacted tax laws that are, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081114