This book examines the conception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa, expanding it's frontiers beyond corporate reporting, voluntary corporate charity and community development projects.

Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Editors and Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Tourism in Africa - Continental Issues and Regional Contexts -- Part I: Africa and Tourism -- 2 The Changing Nature of Africa...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1 Social Media and the Public Space in Africa -- Chapter 1 Civil Society in the Consolidation Process of Democracy in Burkina Faso: Balai Citoyen on Facebook -- 1.1. Problems -- 1.2. Theoretical and...

This special issue of the Project Management Journal presents a collection of six articles on managing projects in Africa. Providing a window into the important project activity taking place there, these articles extend both the empirical and theoretical understanding of the African project...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- About the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Overview -- Introduction -- A Framework to Measure How Local Communities Capture Benefits -- The Approach to Assessing the Local Effects of...

Cover -- Editorial boards -- Introduction to the financial services in Africa special issue -- What determines financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa? -- Account ownership and use of financial services among individuals -- Predicting user continuance intention towards M-pesa in Kenya -- Does...

Africa's emerging urban water challenges -- An integrated perspective to urban water management -- Assessing water management challenges and capacities in African cities -- In-depth analysis of water management challenges in selected cities. Nairobi : dealing with the gap between supply and...

In rural Africa and the Middle East, many ecosystems are on the verge of collapse. The interplay of social, ecological, and political-economic forces has compromised the ability of farmers to sustain their precious soil. As a result, farmers, and especially women farmers, face a constant daily...

Contents; Foreword; About the Editor and Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 Consensus, Institutions, and Supply Response: The Political Economy of Agricultural Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa; Tables; 1.1 Production before and after the Reforms; 1.2 Changes in the Producers'...