Space, Place, Common Wounds and Boundaries: Insider/Outsider Debates in Research with Black Women and Deaf Women

The chapter discusses issues of identity in research. It does this by examining the impacts of the identity of the researcher, participants, and the various identity interchanges that take place. This chapter draws on the perspectives and experiences of participants and researcher in a PhD study with five (Six Deaf women were interviewed but one withdrew due to a conflict of interest.) culturally Deaf (white) women and 25 Black (hearing) women discussing their world of work in UK public sector organizations. The theoretical framework of “Africanist Sista-hood in Britain” is that which underpins the positioning of the research and researcher. The chapter provides a reflexive account of the research but in a way that centralizes participant perspectives. Two goals have been achieved; firstly, it adds further contribution to the insider/outsider debate by adding participant perspectives on the issue, and secondly, it demonstrates the ways in which the theoretical framework of “Africanist Sista-hood in Britain” can be used in research not just with Black women but also via collaborative approaches with other social groups. In so doing, the chapter raises a number of important questions: Should researchers seek out participant perspectives on the insider/outsider debates in research? In what ways does the identity interchange between researcher and researched have an impact on the research process? What does Africanist Sista-hood in Britain have to offer to Black women and others carrying out research in the field

The effectiveness of banking supervision

Banking supervision is an essential aspect of modern financial systems, seeking crucially to monitor risk-taking by banks so as to protect depositors, the government safety net and the economy as a whole against systemic bank failure and its consequences. In this context, this paper seeks to explore the relationship between risk indicators for individual banks and the different approaches to banking supervision adopted around the world. This is the first work to make use of the currently available cross section series data on bank supervision from the World Bank to carry out empirical investigations in a panel data framework, gaining all the advantages in increased efficiency and information that comes from estimations combining longer time series and a wide range of countries. We find wide-ranging effects of design features of banking supervision on risk taking which raise important policy issues

Deposit insurance systems and bank risk

The link from deposit insurance to bank risk taking has been widely analysed, but has been the subject of relatively little empirical work. This work contributes to the existing literature by exploring microeconomic aspects of the deposit insurance–bank risk relationship. It employs four of the five IMF core financial soundness indicators, using data from financial statements for 914 banks in 64 countries. It also disaggregates deposit insurance by individual design features. Results, generated using GMM, suggest that deposit insurance mainly affects bank risk through its relationship with profitability and asset quality. An optimal deposit insurance system might have features such as voluntary membership, no cover for foreign currency deposits, no coinsurance, be unfunded, and administered by a private sector manager with the insurance cost borne fully by the private sector

The International Criminal Court And Human Rights Enforcement In Africa

The inauguration of a permanent tribunal for the prosecution of serious crimes has raised anew the problem of enforcement of human rights in international law

Confessions of a Dark-Skinned Black Woman

This poem was written by Glenys Obasi and performed during Western\u27s Black Student Association\u27s Black History Month closing ceremonies

Effect of Contract Farming on Productity and Welfare of Cassava- Based Farmers in South Eastern Nigeria.

The study was conducted in South Eastern Nigeria using Anambra State as a case study.  Eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) were purposively drawn from the study area from which 64 farmers under contract farming were drawn. Also 64 farmers that were not under contract farming were drawn across the LGAs. Staff from Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) and Nigeria Starch Mills, Ihiala, Anambra State assisted in data collected. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and interviews. Data collected were analyzed using frequency tables, means and percentages, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Chow’s test models. Results from the analyses show that farmers under contract farming had larger land areas of cultivation and relatively younger than farmers not under contract farming.  The farmers under contract farming were more educated but had fewer years of farming experience than the farmers that were not under contract farming. Farm size, productivity, net returns, and welfare levels of the farmers under contract farming (5.5 ha, N1.8, N78520 and N14630) were equally higher than those not under contract farming (1.4 ha, N1.2, N19300 and N8900). Furthermore, the result shows that the significant factors that influenced the productivity of the farmers were age, educational status, farm size, farming experience and labour cost. The significant factors that influenced welfare of the farmers were education, total household income, land holding, years of farming experience and cost of production. The Chow’s test revealed a significant effect of contract farming on productivity of the farmers. Thus, productivity of contract farmers was significantly higher than productivity of farmers not under contract farming.  However, there was no significant difference in the welfare status of both categories of farmers. The major problems facing contract farming in the zone were fund scarcity, lack of credit facilities and high production cost. Based on the findings, it was recommended that contract farming should be given more awareness especially to rural farmers; socio economic and marketing infrastructure should be improved to reduce costs; policies should address the nature of contract farming in Nigeria; more agro allied firms should be established and should be made to target small scale farmers. Key words: contract farming, productivity, welfare

Determining Individual Endorsement Levels for Water Resilience Principles – A Case Study of the Town of Lincoln, Ontario.

The integrity of freshwater ecosystems is being challenged, mainly due to the failures of the traditional command-and-control governance approach. A social ecological resilience approach to water resources management (water resilience) has been proposed to help mitigate these challenges. To effectively implement this approach, individual endorsement and attitudes to water resilience and its underlying principles must be better understood; however, very little research has examined individual attitudes towards this concept. This thesis studied the extent to which individuals endorse (support and agree with) managing and governing water resources using a social ecological resilience approach. To explore and determine endorsement of water resilience, a quantitative vignette questionnaire was utilized in a single exploratory case study in the Town of Lincoln, Ontario. The vignette questionnaire was developed based on the seven underlying principles of social ecological resilience and elicited responses for both local and non-local water contexts. Demographic data was also collected to examine how they relate to endorsement scores. Overall, respondents indicated a medium level of endorsement for the water resilience principles, with lower endorsement for the local than the non-local context. However, the extent of endorsement for the resilience principles differed as a function of location, the type of water challenge, individual experiences, and the conceptualization of the resilience principles. Those with higher overall endorsement scores tended to be female, older and attached more meaning to water bodies. Sex, political ideology and attaching meaning to local water bodies emerged as important predictors of water resilience endorsement. The vignette questionnaire proposes a suitable methodological framework for determining and measuring endorsement levels for the resilience principles. A factor analysis showed the seven resilience principles as consisting of two major components: principles related to ‘the system being governed’ and principles related to the ‘governance system’. The results of this thesis provide useful insights to policy makers/planners in developing more adaptive, integrative and resilient water governance approaches tailored to align with particular community perceptions and demographics. For future research, the nuances of endorsement, as well as additional factors like personality and psychological factors that may influence endorsement levels, should be considered

Logistic-Empirical Model For Students Susceptibility To Harmful Einstellung Effect in Mathematics Instruction

Harmful Einstellung effect creates a serious source of aversion for students in Mathematics. It may not be clear whether students fail Mathematics due to lack of knowledge or due to aversion arising from Einstellung effect. This study therefore investigated students’ susceptibility to harmful Einstellung effect in Mathematics instruction using logistic-empirical model approach. A cross-section of senior secondary school (SS 2) students of Alvana Model Secondary School Owerri, Imo State numbering 93 were continuously observed (using direct observational technique with observation schedule) and surveyed to decipher their susceptibility to harmful Einstellung effect. The result indicates increasing susceptibility to harmful Einstellung effect. That is, a high prevalence of Einstellung phenomenon was observed among students. It is important to note that this has consequently resulted in the increase of aversive behaviour in Mathematics learning. It was recommended among others that teachers should inform the students about harmful Einstellung effect during teaching and encourage them to think critically about any mathematical problem before finding solutions. Also, teachers should adopt some approaches when teaching Mathematics, such as, delayed formalization approach and target task approach

Bank Service Complaint Handling: Effects on Bank Customers’ Satisfaction in Nigeria

The study investigated the effects of bank customers’ complaints handling on customers satisfaction in the selected Banks in Enugu – Nigeria. Survey method with the aid of questionnaire was used to elicit relevant data from a sample of 357 respondents within the area of the study. Data obtained were presented and analysed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23. The hypotheses for the study were tested and findings showed that Banks responsiveness to complaints by customers, service guarantee and recovery has significant and positive effect on bank customers’ satisfaction. It was therefore concluded that service complaints resolutions significantly effect customers’ satisfaction positively. The study recommended that organization should exert quick response to customers’ complaint, engage in effective guarantee and service recovery to build customers confidence, satisfaction, trust and gain their patronage and loyalty. Keywords: Effects, complaint Handling, responsiveness, guarantee, Service recovery, satisfaction DOI: 10.7176/JMCR/67-05 Publication date: April 30th 202