In recent years, ethnic fractionalization has emerged as a central variable in quantitative analyses of outcomes ranging from economic growth rates (Easterly and Levine, 1997) and the quality of governance (La Porta et al, 1999) to ethnic conflict (Kay et al, 2000) and the frequency of coups d’etat (Londregan and Poole, 1990). Almost all such analyses employ, either alone or in combination with...

A new casting of diasporas, exiles and returnees as potentially transformative agents in post-conflict polities is the topic of this article. ‘Return of Qualified Expatriates’ programmes have recently been launched by international agencies in a number of post-conflict countries in an attempt to promote better capacity-building within post-conflict states institutions. This article argues that ...

Conflict is as old human race. Since the creation of country called Nigeria, there has been debate on issue peaceful coexistence among different ethnic groups and between two major religious groups, Christians Muslims. This paper explored conflicts in Nigeria. There are many research work carried upon Ethnic Nigeria but implications these girl-child limited. It this premise that based. issues b...