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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Afrobarometer"”.
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Lived scarcity, social attitudes and political behaviour in Kenya : evidence from Afrobarometer Round 5
In this thesis I examine the causal linkages between natural resource scarcity and violence. In contrast to previous research, I posit that scarcity is an inherently personal experience, and thus argue that the consequences of scarcity too, should be empirically tested at the individual level. The …
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Egyptian Attitudes toward Democracy: What the Afrobarometer Reveals about the Influence of Individuals' Social Characteristics
… in urban and rural areas who participated in Afrobarometer survey in 2013. The author uses principle component and regression analyses to test hypotheses about the state of political culture in Egypt after the Arab Spring of 2011 and before the military coup. The variables age, gender, …
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Commitment to democracy in Mozambique : performance evaluations and cognition : evidence from round 2 of the Afrobarometer survey data
Word processed copy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-103).
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Bridging the gap: an analysis of determinants contributing to the gender digital divide in Southern African countries, using the AfroBarometer data (2018)
… than men to use technologies. Using the 2018 AfroBarometer data for eleven Southern African countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini), my investigation includes an analysis through descriptive statistics and …
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Do Perceptions of Inequality Negatively Affect Interpersonal Trust?
… academic attention. Using data from the Round 5 Afrobarometer survey, I estimate the effect of perceived inequality on interpersonal trust in South Africa. Though the Round 5 Afrobarometer survey does not include an income variable, I construct an asset index using Principal Component Analysis …
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Ethnic identity in a 'Homogeneous' Nation State
… and political success. The study uses existing Afrobarometer survey data drawn from Rounds 1 (1999), 2 (2003) and 3 (2005) Afrobarometer survey data to test both claims about Botswanaâs homogeneity thesis. The findings of this study reveal that the first part of the common wisdom …
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To protest or not to protest? : Zimbabweans' willingness to protest
… reports of protest participation usmg the Afrobarometer survey: Round 3. Explanations include economic, political, cultural, cognitive and collective action factors. The evidence from this study reveals that, while conventional wisdom would associate protest with the economically insecure, …
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Traditional leadership, democratic authority and public opinion in Botswana
… By employing public opinion data from the Afrobarometer surveys of 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2008, the study hopes to contribute towards the limited empirical research on traditional leaders, particularly in Botswana, which will make a valuable contribution to a more profound and grounded …
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Governance and socioeconomic development in Zambia : an analysis of survey data and development indicators
… Zambian citizens obtained from Round 5 of the Afrobarometer survey, this study used quantitative research methods to investigate the performance of indicators of governance in Zambia between 1996 and 2012 and the perceptions that Zambians had toward matters relating to governance. The …
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Public evaluations of the South African Presidents
… tests competing hypothesis. Using IDASA and Afrobarometer data from 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2015, this thesis tests an Identity hypothesis, a Performance Evaluation hypothesis and a Cognitive Awareness hypothesis to determine which factors predict approval levels of the …
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Understanding Chinese Economic 3 Engagement in the Africa Continent
… intensity and local corruption collected by the Afrobarometer surveys in order to estimate the effectiveness of China’s aid projects in Africa and test whether local corruption negatively affects this effectiveness. Our empirical results demonstrate the promoting impact of Chinese aid projects on …
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Can foreign donors build social capital? : civil society assistance and civic participation sub-Saharan Africa
… participation level in 2005/6 and 2011/3 using Afrobarometer survey Round Three and Round Five. Then, I investigate whether there is a positive correlation between the two variables. The findings show that the level of civic participation did not change significantly over time. However, further …
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Measuring generalised trust in sub-Saharan Africa : a critical note
… and the fact that the levels of trust from the Afrobarometer surveys seem to challenge what the literature suggests about the causes and consequences of trust. The study finds that the question is a reliable measure of trust in 'most people' since it obtains largely similar country level …
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Quality matters : electoral outcomes and democratic health in Africa
… are aggregate measures taken from responses to Afrobarometer surveys, and have been utilized previously to assess citizen's views of democracy and the prospects for democratic growth and consolidation. Using three rounds of Afrobarometer surveys I analyze data from 18 countries and 33 elections …
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Freedom to Vote in Kenya: Effects of Perceived Corruption, Levels of Political Trust, and Fear of Political Violence and Intimidation
… This study uses secondary data collected by the Afrobarometer in 2008, and bivaraite and multivariatea nalysis are employed.</p> <p>Logistic regression models are used to examine the extent to which certain variables explain feelings of freedom to vote according to personal preference. The …
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Perceptions of electoral fairness : public behaviour and institutional design compared across 80 countries
… global levels. Public survey data comes from the AfroBarometer, ArabBarometer, AmericasBarometer, AsianBarometer, and Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. National level indicators come from the Quality of Government, Administration and Cost of Elections (ACE) Electoral Knowledge Network and …
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Perceptions of electoral fairness : public behaviour and institutional design compared across 80 countries
… global levels. Public survey data comes from the AfroBarometer, ArabBarometer, AmericasBarometer, AsianBarometer, and Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. National level indicators come from the Quality of Government, Administration and Cost of Elections (ACE) Electoral Knowledge Network and …
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Investigating water and electricity service delivery on South African economic transformation
… uses secondary data from multiple rounds of the Afrobarometer survey, drawing on nationally representative household-level responses. Descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, and ordered logistic regression models are employed to analyse service interruptions, levels of satisfaction with …
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Essays on historical development in Africa
… level in Africa by using multiple waves of the Afrobarometer surveys and reviewing the recent literature that studies the impacts of precolonial ethnic characteristics on contemporary development performance. In the following three chapters (i.e. Chapter 3, 4 and 5), I focus on the impacts of …
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Strengthening parliament as an effective oversight body: the role of ethical political leadership
… trust in Parliament negatively, as witnessed in Afrobarometer surveys which track citizens' perceptions of public trust levels across institutions. This research examines Parliament's mandate as an instrument of accountability and oversight of the Executive, and in particular what leadership role …
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