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Oil extraction in Nigeria's Ogoniland : the role of corporate social responsibility in averting a resurgence of violence

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020

) interventions of multinational oil companies (MOCs) on preventing a resurgence of violence in the Ogoniland of Nigeria. One thousand …

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Inter-communal violence in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil producing region

Uduji, Joseph Ikechukwu; Okolo-Obasi, Elda Nduka; … - 2024

memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on mitigating the resurgence of intercommunal violence in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Using … effect of CSR on the resurgence of inter-communal violence in the region. Results from the use of a logit model and use of …-communal violence. The findings suggest that an increase in CSR targeted at improving access to cultivatable land, enhanced fishing …

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Cult violence in Nigeria and corporate social responsibility in oil producing communities

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

Since the beginning of 2014, reports of cult violence have increased sharply in the Nigeria's oil producing communities … mitigating the spread of cult group violence in the region. A total of two thousand four hundred respondents were sampled across … of Understanding (GMoU) are in good position to deter the aggression and rise of cult violence using interventions for …

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Fighting African conflicts and crimes : which governance tools matter?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in the fight against the scourges. The following findings are established. (1) Democracy, autocracy and voice & accountability have no significant negative correlations with crime....

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Crime and conflicts in Africa : consequences of corruption?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which 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,...

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Crime and social media

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Orim, … - 2019

Purpose- The study complements the scant macroeconomic literature on the development outcomes of social media by examining the relationship between Facebook penetration and violent crime levels in a cross-section of 148 countries for the year 2012. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical...

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The right to life : global evidence on the role of security officers and the police in modulating the effect of insecurity on homicide

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Pyke, Chris - 2018

. Insecurity dynamics are measured in terms of access to weapons, violent crime, perception of criminality and political … lessen the effect of political instability and perception of criminality on homicides. Second , an extended analysis with …

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The murder epidemic : a global comparative study

Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2017

We build on literature from policy and academic circles to assess if Latin America is leading when it comes to persistence in homicides. The focus is on a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. The following...

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Homicide and social media : global empirical evidence

Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2019

This study investigates the relationship between social media and homicide in a cross section of 148 countries for the year 2012. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Tobit and Quantile regressions. The findings from Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit regressions show a...

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Terrorism and capital flight from Africa

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice - 2016

We assess the effects of terrorism on capital flight in a panel of 29 African countries for which data is available for the period 1987-2008. The terrorism dynamics entail domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorisms. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments...

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