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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"South East Nigeria"”.
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east Nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism
… succession in Anambra and Ebonyi states of South-East Nigeria. It highlights the difficulties suffered by women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of constitutional provisions and intestate succession laws regulating the property rights of women …
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism
… succession in Anambra and Ebonyi states of South-East Nigeria. It highlights the difficulties suffered by women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of constitutional provisions and intestate succession laws regulating the property rights of women …
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An investigation of poor women's micropreneurship and their experiences of microfinance in rural south-east Nigeria.
… rural women entrepreneurs in five villages of South-East Nigeria. Data collected from participant observation, five focus groups and thirty interviews were analysed thematically using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) to develop insight about the many complexities of livelihoods of …
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The interplay of structure and agency: the negotiation process of bridewealth payment in South-East Nigeria
… cultural practice among the Igbos of SouthEast Nigeria. Bridewealth used to be a symbolic legitimator of marriage. However, its symbolism has been distorted by expensive items on marriage lists. In this context, bridewealth payment provides an excellent analytical tool for the …
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Judicial recognition of living customary law in the context of women's matrimonial property rights in South-East Nigeria
… of women's matrimonial property rights in South-East Nigeria. It finds that while women are generally apathetic to matrimonial property claims, judges are generally insensitive to customary law's process-oriented character and pay scant attention to how customs are being adapted to …
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Socio-economic Status and Barriers to the Use of Free Antiretroviral Treatment for HIV/AIDS in Enugu State South-East Nigeria
[Objectives] In Nigeria, free antiretroviral treatment (ART) centers are mainly located in urban and peri-urban areas despite higher HIV-prevalence in rural areas. This study investigated the socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics together with the access barriers faced by the users …
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Willingness to pay for insecticide-treated mosquito nets in rural South-East Nigeria : an integration of socio-economic and socio-psychological models
… in sub-Saharan Africa. It is endemic in Nigeria and insecticide-treated mosquito nets have been found to be effective in its control. However, the cost of commercially-sold ITNs in Nigeria is considered to be beyond the reach of many households. Therefore, it is essential to ascertain how …
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Examining health information source-selection, access, and use by men in rural areas of south-east Nigeria: mapping culturally appropriate health information provision.
… the health information behaviour of men in rural Nigeria and explore the local sociocultural aspects that relate to the provision of prostate cancer information. The research extends the theoretical framework of Johnsons Comprehensive Information Seeking model to include health-related information …
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An evaluation of hospital efficiency in Nigeria : a stochastic frontier approach
… The setting for this research paper is Nigeria. This research work aims at investigating how well financial resources are used in government hospitals in Nigeria. It not only explores the resources employed in hospitals, but also how well these hospitals use minimum resources to achieve …