susceptibility to crime in South Africa. An instrumental variables strategy combined with community fixed effects are used to account …Crime is a major economic and social problem in most developing countries. However, the research devoted to victims is …

academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge … economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three contributions to existing literature. It assesses how political … learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa. Originality/value - As the …

academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge … economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three contributions to existing literature. It assesses how political … learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa. Originality/value - As the …

This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing … an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development … protection and to invest drug profits from West Africa, and finally, it provides concluding remarks that could inform future …

academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge … economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three contributions to existing literature. It assesses how political … learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa. Originality/value – As the …

corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption … corruption, implying, corruption-control offsets crime emanating beyond the corruption mechanism (inter alia, other poor …

Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in … & accountability have no significant negative correlations with crime. (2) The increasing relevance of government quality in the fight …) Corruption-control is the most effective mechanism in fighting crime (conflicts). The findings are significantly strong when …

Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in … & accountability have no significant negative correlations with crime. (2) The increasing relevance of government quality in the fight …) Corruption-control is the most effective mechanism in fighting crime (conflicts). The findings are significantly strong when …