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Research paper thumbnail of REDEFINING COLLECTIVE REINTEGRATION: COLOMBIA'S COLLECTIVE REINCORPORATION - A NOVEL APPROACH TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION

Colombia's collective reincorporation with the FARC employs a unique approach to collective reint... more Colombia's collective reincorporation with the FARC employs a unique approach to collective reintegration. This paper focuses on this novel collective approach to social and economic reintegration and the role of its key stakeholders. It will also identify steps taken to achieve this socio-economic progress while examining the positive and negative impacts on post-conflict reconstruction efforts in Colombia. It will show that Colombia’s unique collective approach could increase the rate of recidivism and conflict reoccurrence due to its ineffective implementation.

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Research paper thumbnail of An Applied Political Economy Analysis of Child Marriage in Nigeria: Why Child Marriage Persists in Northern Nigeria

This paper identifies child marriage in northern Nigeria as a development issue. Therefore, this... more This paper identifies child marriage in northern Nigeria as a development issue. Therefore, this paper seeks to answer the question: Why does child marriage persists in Northern Nigeria despite the laws that ban it? It will attempt to answer this question using a problem-driven framework for applied political economy analysis (APEA). This will entail examining systemic features, perceived motivations and conclude by proffering solutions to reduce child marriage in Northern Nigeria. Overall, it argues that amongst other reasons, Nigeria’s decentralized system of government and pluralist legal system are obstacles in ending child marriage.

Research paper thumbnail of EVALUATING KIMBERLY PROCESS CERTIFICATION SCHEME’S RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE’S CONFLICT DIAMOND

This paper begins by defining conflict, violence, conflict diamonds, and the KPCS whilst discussi... more This paper begins by defining conflict, violence, conflict diamonds, and the KPCS whilst discussing some existing theories. It is followed by Zimbabwe’s violent conflict background which explains how the discovery of the Marange diamonds erupted a shadow economy. Then, it analyses KPCS' success in disrupting this shadow economy used by Zimbabwean government to fuel varying forms of violence and conflict. The overall argument of this paper will be to show that legal diamond trade can also fuel violent conflict.

Research paper thumbnail of A CRITICAL REVIEW OF NIC CHEESEMAN AND DIANE de GRAMONT’S (2017) “MANAGING A MEGA-CITY: LEARNING THE LESSONS FROM LAGOS”

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF NIC CHEESEMAN AND DIANE de GRAMONT’S (2017) “MANAGING A MEGA-CITY: LEARNING THE LESSONS FROM LAGOS” , 2020

Lagos is the most populous and top economic performing state out of Nigeria's 36 states. Over the... more Lagos is the most populous and top economic performing state out of Nigeria's 36 states. Over the last decade, the mega-city has experienced remarkable state-building and institutional development that has garnered media attention, international attraction, and scholarly interest. Nic Cheeseman and Diane de Gramont’s (2017) paper "Managing a Mega-city: Learning the Lessons" is one revealing scholarly work that aims to understand the conditions in which Lagos was able to achieve its urban reform. It shows how federalism, political opposition, and will, robust economic potential, as well as mobilization of public and elite support, were all critical in establishing reforms and overcoming accompanying barriers. The authors conclude that the required conditions for state-building in Lagos are uncommon and only possible in a few African states, therefore Lagos lessons cannot be easily practiced elsewhere.
This review will critically examine Cheeseman and Gramont’s (2017) article focusing on the methodology, key arguments, and its relevance to wider literature identifying critical themes in African governance and urban-development politics scholarship. While this paper agrees that the actual conditions that enable Lagos urban reforms are rare in other African countries, it concludes that Lagos lessons could be applied elsewhere when used as a model within Nigeria states and other decentralized African countries.

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Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Youth Activism and Social Media in Addressing Weak Systems: The Case of #ENDSARS Protest in Nigeria

In October 2020, the Nigerian youth championed what is arguably the most organic and decentralize... more In October 2020, the Nigerian youth championed what is arguably the most organic and decentralized protest ever experienced in Nigeria through the ENDSARS protest movement. This research examines the protest motives, planning and structure of the protest. The research conducts a primary qualitative research: semi-structured interview with high-level organizers and influential participants of the protest, and secondary qualitative research: media reports, social media data and grey literatures. It finds that organic protests are redefining strategy as a preplanned activity in social movement. Hence, it concludes that the ENDSARS protest had a strategy that evolved each protest day, where patterns of actions responded to (un)expected opportunities and challenges, as they emerged. Thus, ENDSARS protest can be said to have had an emergent strategy.

Research paper thumbnail of REDEFINING COLLECTIVE REINTEGRATION: COLOMBIA'S COLLECTIVE REINCORPORATION - A NOVEL APPROACH TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION

Colombia's collective reincorporation with the FARC employs a unique approach to collective reint... more Colombia's collective reincorporation with the FARC employs a unique approach to collective reintegration. This paper focuses on this novel collective approach to social and economic reintegration and the role of its key stakeholders. It will also identify steps taken to achieve this socio-economic progress while examining the positive and negative impacts on post-conflict reconstruction efforts in Colombia. It will show that Colombia’s unique collective approach could increase the rate of recidivism and conflict reoccurrence due to its ineffective implementation.

Research paper thumbnail of An Applied Political Economy Analysis of Child Marriage in Nigeria: Why Child Marriage Persists in Northern Nigeria

This paper identifies child marriage in northern Nigeria as a development issue. Therefore, this... more This paper identifies child marriage in northern Nigeria as a development issue. Therefore, this paper seeks to answer the question: Why does child marriage persists in Northern Nigeria despite the laws that ban it? It will attempt to answer this question using a problem-driven framework for applied political economy analysis (APEA). This will entail examining systemic features, perceived motivations and conclude by proffering solutions to reduce child marriage in Northern Nigeria. Overall, it argues that amongst other reasons, Nigeria’s decentralized system of government and pluralist legal system are obstacles in ending child marriage.

Research paper thumbnail of EVALUATING KIMBERLY PROCESS CERTIFICATION SCHEME’S RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE’S CONFLICT DIAMOND

This paper begins by defining conflict, violence, conflict diamonds, and the KPCS whilst discussi... more This paper begins by defining conflict, violence, conflict diamonds, and the KPCS whilst discussing some existing theories. It is followed by Zimbabwe’s violent conflict background which explains how the discovery of the Marange diamonds erupted a shadow economy. Then, it analyses KPCS' success in disrupting this shadow economy used by Zimbabwean government to fuel varying forms of violence and conflict. The overall argument of this paper will be to show that legal diamond trade can also fuel violent conflict.

Research paper thumbnail of A CRITICAL REVIEW OF NIC CHEESEMAN AND DIANE de GRAMONT’S (2017) “MANAGING A MEGA-CITY: LEARNING THE LESSONS FROM LAGOS”

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF NIC CHEESEMAN AND DIANE de GRAMONT’S (2017) “MANAGING A MEGA-CITY: LEARNING THE LESSONS FROM LAGOS” , 2020

Lagos is the most populous and top economic performing state out of Nigeria's 36 states. Over the... more Lagos is the most populous and top economic performing state out of Nigeria's 36 states. Over the last decade, the mega-city has experienced remarkable state-building and institutional development that has garnered media attention, international attraction, and scholarly interest. Nic Cheeseman and Diane de Gramont’s (2017) paper "Managing a Mega-city: Learning the Lessons" is one revealing scholarly work that aims to understand the conditions in which Lagos was able to achieve its urban reform. It shows how federalism, political opposition, and will, robust economic potential, as well as mobilization of public and elite support, were all critical in establishing reforms and overcoming accompanying barriers. The authors conclude that the required conditions for state-building in Lagos are uncommon and only possible in a few African states, therefore Lagos lessons cannot be easily practiced elsewhere.
This review will critically examine Cheeseman and Gramont’s (2017) article focusing on the methodology, key arguments, and its relevance to wider literature identifying critical themes in African governance and urban-development politics scholarship. While this paper agrees that the actual conditions that enable Lagos urban reforms are rare in other African countries, it concludes that Lagos lessons could be applied elsewhere when used as a model within Nigeria states and other decentralized African countries.

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Youth Activism and Social Media in Addressing Weak Systems: The Case of #ENDSARS Protest in Nigeria

In October 2020, the Nigerian youth championed what is arguably the most organic and decentralize... more In October 2020, the Nigerian youth championed what is arguably the most organic and decentralized protest ever experienced in Nigeria through the ENDSARS protest movement. This research examines the protest motives, planning and structure of the protest. The research conducts a primary qualitative research: semi-structured interview with high-level organizers and influential participants of the protest, and secondary qualitative research: media reports, social media data and grey literatures. It finds that organic protests are redefining strategy as a preplanned activity in social movement. Hence, it concludes that the ENDSARS protest had a strategy that evolved each protest day, where patterns of actions responded to (un)expected opportunities and challenges, as they emerged. Thus, ENDSARS protest can be said to have had an emergent strategy.