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Horizontal inequality and communal violence: evidence from Indonesian districts
L. Mancini / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2005
Between-group or horizontal inequalities (HIs) have received little attention in the lively empirical literature on civil conflict. To an extent, this is not surprising given the daunting task of meas...
The implications of horizontal and vertical inequalities for tax and expenditure policies
F. Stewart;G. Brown;A. Cobham / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2009
While horizontal inequality, or inequality between groups of people, is increasingly recognised as an impediment to long-term poverty reduction in multi-ethnic societies, there is less clarity stil...
What the communities say. The crossroads between integration and reconciliation: what can be learned from the Sierra Leonean experience?
J. Boersch-Supan / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2009
Six years after the end of the civil war, integrating ex-combatants into civilian society is still a challenge confronting Sierra Leone. Integration is a multidimensional process, commonly broken d...
A typology of post-conflict environments: an overview
G. Brown;A. Langer;F. Stewart / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2008
Despite the apparent decline in the global incidence of major armed conflict, there remain many countries in conflict and many others that are struggling with the legacy of recent violence. These a...
Global aspects and implications of horizontal inequalities: inequalities experienced by Muslims worldwide
F. Stewart / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2008
Although studies on inequality increasingly take into account the inequalities that exist between groups, there has been little analysis so far of these kinds of inequalities – also known as ...
Decentralisation and conflict management in Indonesia and Nigeria
R. Diprose;U. Ukiwo / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2008
This paper examines how the history of grievances, demands, and identity has played out in the context of decentralisation in Nigeria and Indonesia. Focusing on the localities of Poso, Donggala, Sulaw...
Passing on the challenges or prescribing better management of diversity?: decentralisation, power sharing and conflict dynamics in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
R. Diprose / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007
This paper explores the linkages between decentralisation, conflict and power in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It argues that decenralisation in Indonesia has to some extent addressed existing ...
Using aid to prevent conflict
Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007
This policy brief explores how aid can be used to prevent conflict by contributing to a fair distribution of resources across different groups in society.  It explains why inequalities be...
Who joins ethnic militias? A Survey of the Oodua People’s Congress in southwestern Nigeria
Y. Guichaoua / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007
This paper presents an empirical account describing how rank and file members of an ethnic militia are mobilised. It specifically discusses the existing conceptual frameworks surrounding this issue...
Horizontal inequalities in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: issues and policies
A. Langer;A. R. Mustapha;F. Stewart / Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007
This paper analyses the nature and extent of prevailing Horizontal Inequalities (HIs). The research particularly focuses on what can be done to reduce actual and perceived HIs in three West African...

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