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View article: Sustainability performance of community forest enterprises (CFES) in Cameroon: Pathways to viable business models
Sustainability performance of community forest enterprises (CFES) in Cameroon: Pathways to viable business models Open
Community forestry has evolved from devolved forest management to the valorisation of forest resources for community development. Community forest enterprises (CFEs) now apply business approaches to enhance economic, social, and environmen…
View article: Work and Employment Practices in an Intriguing Sub-Saharan Context: Unpacking Salient Endogenous Traits
Work and Employment Practices in an Intriguing Sub-Saharan Context: Unpacking Salient Endogenous Traits Open
Although cultural beliefs and practices have been shown as essential drivers of organizational employment policies and practices, the role of endogenous traits in managing employees in organizations in Africa has received less attention in…
View article: Community capacity for social enterprise development: Empirical evidence from community forest enterprises (CFEs) in Cameroon
Community capacity for social enterprise development: Empirical evidence from community forest enterprises (CFEs) in Cameroon Open
With increasing forest devolution globally, community forest enterprises (CFEs) are emerging as potential options for local development based on forest resources. CFEs trade to meet their economic, social, and environmental goals; however,…
View article: Financial Inclusion and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Taking Socio-Cultural Particularities into Account
Financial Inclusion and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Taking Socio-Cultural Particularities into Account Open
According to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, financial inclusion has a crucial role to play in achieving sustainable development goals in this case, reducing inequalities and reducing poverty. Certain cultures c…
View article: Community forest enterprises (CFEs) as Social Enterprises: Empirical evidence from Cameroon
Community forest enterprises (CFEs) as Social Enterprises: Empirical evidence from Cameroon Open
Community forest enterprises (CFEs) trade to meet the economic, social, and environmental challenges of their community, just as Social Enterprises (SE) do. The question is if CFEs also could and should be understood in terms of SEs. To ex…
View article: Effect of COVID-19 on rural community enterprises: Case of community forest enterprises in Cameroon
Effect of COVID-19 on rural community enterprises: Case of community forest enterprises in Cameroon Open
The COVID-19 outbreak has been a big shock to the entire world. The global economic slowdown and loss of human life have been highlighted as immediate impacts of the virus. Rural forest communities and their enterprises have also been affe…
View article: Illegal logging, governance effectiveness and carbon dioxide emission in the timber-producing countries of Congo Basin and Asia
Illegal logging, governance effectiveness and carbon dioxide emission in the timber-producing countries of Congo Basin and Asia Open
The empirical link between governance and illegal logging is widely accepted amongst scientist, although a minority still purports that illegal logging does not necessarily prevail because of poor governance. However, the nexus linking gov…
View article: Public Health Effects of Wood Fuel in Africa: Bioenergy from Tree Commodities as a Sustainable Remedy
Public Health Effects of Wood Fuel in Africa: Bioenergy from Tree Commodities as a Sustainable Remedy Open
Globally, about 2.8 million people depend on solid wood fuel for energy, developing countries account for more than 90% of this population. About 70% of households in Sub-Saharan depend on wood fuel for energy. The combustion of solid wood…
View article: Effect of rural farmers’ access to information on price and profits in Cameroon
Effect of rural farmers’ access to information on price and profits in Cameroon Open
In rural land-locked areas of Africa, access to information about market prices can have a fundamental effect on the prices and profits of farmers. However, it is not clear how farmers organise to have better access to market and what role…
View article: Prioritizing enablers for effective community forestry in Cameroon
Prioritizing enablers for effective community forestry in Cameroon Open
Cameroon, in its Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Law 94/01 of 1994, supported local communities to engage in managing forests and benefit from them economically and environmentally. Three main objectives underlie this law: (1) enabling lo…
View article: Viability of community forests as social enterprises: A Cameroon case study
Viability of community forests as social enterprises: A Cameroon case study Open
Since the concept of community forests was instituted in Cameroon in 1994, there has been an upsurge of such forest management arrangements in the country. However, up to now there is no conclusive evidence as to whether such schemes can o…
View article: Community forest governance in Cameroon: a review
Community forest governance in Cameroon: a review Open
There is growing evidence that good community forest (CF) governance is a significant determinant of CF success. We examined the state of CF governance in Cameroon by applying a set of good governance principles to 36 case studies. Key goo…
View article: The impact of ICT on the efficiency of HRM in Cameroonian enterprises: Case of the Mobile telephone industry
The impact of ICT on the efficiency of HRM in Cameroonian enterprises: Case of the Mobile telephone industry Open
The objective of this study is to determine the impact of Information and Communication Technology on the efficiency of Human Resource Management in the Cameroon mobile Telecommunication Sector. It specifically seeks to investigate how the…