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Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Sub-Sahara Africa (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyema, E. (2008, December). Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Sub-Sahara Africa. Paper presented at Inaugural Conference of the Alumni and Friends of the School of International Arbitration, QMUL, New Connaught Rooms, 65 Great Queen Street, London

Text of my presentation at the inaugural conference of the AFSIA in London on 03/12/08. My presentation examined the legal regime for enforcement and setting aside arbitral awards under the laws of OHADA, Nigeria and Sudan. I concluded that implement... Read More about Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Iraqi Women and Gender Relations: Redefining Difference (2008)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N. (2008). Iraqi Women and Gender Relations: Redefining Difference. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 35(3), 405-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530190802525155

The proposed paper will explore the changing role of women and gender in Iraq from the 1950s pre-revolutionary period, throughout 35 years of Ba'th regime, economic sanctions to the current post 2003 period. Against the historic background of both st... Read More about Iraqi Women and Gender Relations: Redefining Difference.

The Renaissance Project and Educational Outcomes of Regional Museums in England (2008)
Journal Article
Suh, W.-J. (2008). The Renaissance Project and Educational Outcomes of Regional Museums in England. Bagmulgwan gyo-yug yeon-gu, 2, 57-79

The purpose of this paper is to explore educational outcomes of the Renaissance project in England and to present its implication for the Korean context. The Renaissance project was implemented by the British government in order to enhance learning f... Read More about The Renaissance Project and Educational Outcomes of Regional Museums in England.

Meanings of money: national identity and the semantics of currencies in Zambia and Tanzania (2008)
Journal Article
Marten, L., & Kula, N. C. (2008). Meanings of money: national identity and the semantics of currencies in Zambia and Tanzania. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 20(2), 183-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696810802522361

In addition to practical, pragmatic functions, both money and language fulfil symbolic functions. The designation, design and language use of currencies, like choices about language policies and national languages carry symbolic weight and reflect di... Read More about Meanings of money: national identity and the semantics of currencies in Zambia and Tanzania.

Invisible Displacement (2008)
Journal Article
Polzer, T., & Hammond, L. (2008). Invisible Displacement. Journal of Refugee Studies, 21(4), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fen045

By directing our gaze, we also avert our eyes. It is widely recognized—though the implications are rarely consistently analysed—that all perspectives are partial, and that therefore by seeing, describing and categorizing social reality, we also make... Read More about Invisible Displacement.

Strategies of Invisibilization: How Ethiopia's Resettlement Programme Hides the Poorest of the Poor (2008)
Journal Article
Hammond, L. (2008). Strategies of Invisibilization: How Ethiopia's Resettlement Programme Hides the Poorest of the Poor. Journal of Refugee Studies, 21(4), 517-536. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fen041

This paper examines the process by which the poorest of the poor in Ethiopia's food insecure regions are made invisible through their very participation in a programme whose explicit aim is to help deliver them from vulnerability. Those targeted for... Read More about Strategies of Invisibilization: How Ethiopia's Resettlement Programme Hides the Poorest of the Poor.

Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia: Which way for pro-poor growth? (2008)
Journal Article
Weeks, J., Geda, A., & Shimeles, A. (2008). Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia: Which way for pro-poor growth?. Journal of International Development, 21(7), 947-970. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1517

The paper examines the pattern of poverty, growth and inequality in Ethiopia in the recent decade. The result shows that growth, to a large extent depends on structural factors such as initial conditions, vagaries of nature, external shocks and peace... Read More about Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia: Which way for pro-poor growth?.

Iran's Free Trade Zones: Challenges and Opportunities (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hakimian, H. (2008, December). Iran's Free Trade Zones: Challenges and Opportunities. Presented at Conference on ‘The Iranian Economy’, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign