This book offers practical advice for building organizations with social responsibility and sustainability organically built in - based on two-way communication between human resources (HR) and public relations (PR) departments working together as an organizational consciencetouchstone...

The informal sector of Sub-Saharan Africa is comprised of small and household enterprises that operate in the non-farm sector outside the protected employment of the formal wage sector. The sector was identified 40 years ago by the ILO representing a pool of surplus labor that was expected to be...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Uptake and Demand, Often Neglected, Are Key to Addressing Access Deficits -- While Removing Key Demand Barriers Can Bring Some Gains in Access, Most Are Often Symptoms, Not Root Causes of Low...

Sub-Saharan Africa has a serious infrastructure deficit-estimated at about 48 billion a year-which is impeding the continent's competitiveness and hence its economic growth. How to solve this problem? Some advocate building more infrastructure while others suggest privatizing, or contracting out...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Dry Spells, Poor Soils, and Dryland Zones -- Drought -- Low Soil Fertility -- Defining Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Notes...

Entrepreneurs' creative responses to institutional challenges in sub-Saharan Africa examines institutional constraints and enablers of Tanzanian and Zambian entrepreneurs in sustainability practices. Exploring how entrepreneurs contribute to societal and environmental well-being despite the...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction Gareth Austin -- 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco -- 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa,...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Policy Framework for Skills Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Facing the Skills Balancing Act -- Focus on Foundational Skills -- Invest in the Technical Skills of Youth and...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- I Is it Africa's Turn? -- II Forum -- Robert H. Bates -- Ken Banks -- Olu Ajakaiye -- Rosamond Naylor -- David N. Weil -- Jeremy M. Weinstein -- Smita Singh -- Paul Collier -- Rachel Glennerster -- III Real Progress -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix of Resources --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 African Continent -- I West Africa -- 2 Nigeria and Ghana -- 3 Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Etc. -- II Southern Africa -- 4 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Etc. -- 5 South Africa: Clothing, Youth Culture, Auto, and Home -- 6 South Africa: New...