Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ashutosh Singh Author-X-Name-First: Ashutosh Author-X-Name-Last: Singh Author-Name: Anurag Singh Author-X-Name-First: Anurag Author-X-Name-Last: Singh Title: Mercenaries in Africa: legality and geopolitics Abstract: The role and legality of mercenaries in Africa has been a matter of intense debate. The academic debate over the legality of mercenaries or their more modern equivalents called private military companies continues and the right of a nation state to use them is part of a larger debate over national sovereignty versus international law. The research paper attempts to objectively assess the contemporary role of mercenaries in Africa in a historical context, and whether it is practically possible and desirable to completely end the use of mercenaries. Journal: African J. of Economic and Sustainable Development Pages: 23-36 Issue: 1 Volume: 9 Year: 2022 Keywords: mercenaries; Africa; legality; geopolitics. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125006 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ajesde:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:23-36 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Johnson Bosco Rukundo Author-X-Name-First: Johnson Bosco Author-X-Name-Last: Rukundo Title: Trust and trustworthiness across poverty categories: experimental evidence from rural Rwanda Abstract: In recent years, studies on trust and trustworthiness in developing countries have attracted little attention. The paper examines the degree of trustworthiness in a field experiment with a random sample of heads of households from three poverty categories. The sample is drawn from the population in one rural district at a village level. The paper estimates a simultaneous equation model (SEM) composed of equations for trustworthiness and trust using a Conditional Mixed Process. I find significance that trust measured by the proportions sent predict trustworthiness in general and between poverty categories in the trust experiment. The results from the experiment indicate that trustworthiness decreases as the size of the household increases. The findings of the paper indicate trustworthiness in terms of magnitude is much more observed with individuals in the lower poverty categories one and two than in category three an indication that trustworthiness reduces as the social status improves. Journal: African J. of Economic and Sustainable Development Pages: 37-54 Issue: 1 Volume: 9 Year: 2022 Keywords: trust; trustworthiness; reciprocity; field experiment; poverty categories. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125012 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ajesde:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:37-54 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Olatomide S. Olasunkanmi Author-X-Name-First: Olatomide S. Author-X-Name-Last: Olasunkanmi Author-Name: Omoweloye O. Soladoye Author-X-Name-First: Omoweloye O. Author-X-Name-Last: Soladoye Author-Name: Oluwatobi F. Emmanuel Author-X-Name-First: Oluwatobi F. Author-X-Name-Last: Emmanuel Author-Name: Asif Ali Author-X-Name-First: Asif Author-X-Name-Last: Ali Title: Poverty and consumption: a case study of wealth index and alcohol consumption among Nigerian men Abstract: Alcohol consumption in Nigeria plays diverse roles in the socio-cultural interactions of various communities and cultural toleration of drinking alcohol became part of rural life. The rate of alcohol consumption has changed rapidly in recent decades, especially among men in Nigeria. Nigeria - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) 2016/2017 was used to access the relationship between wealth index and alcohol consumption among 3611 Nigerian men. The study revealed that the lower wealth index quartile had a positive and significant relationship with heavy drinking. To address the issue of heavy drinking in Nigeria, preventive initiatives should focus on men in the lower wealth index quartile. Journal: African J. of Economic and Sustainable Development Pages: 55-67 Issue: 1 Volume: 9 Year: 2022 Keywords: wealth index; alcohol consumption; poor; Nigeria; heavy drinking and light drinking. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125020 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ajesde:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:55-67 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Donatien Avelé Author-X-Name-First: Donatien Author-X-Name-Last: Avelé Title: Contingent tools for management control and public municipal performance services: results of an empirical study Abstract: The purpose of this research was to study the characteristics of the management control tools in use in municipal public services in Cameroonian cities. It also involved examining the nature of the performance measurement systems of municipal public services through a study of the contingent characteristics of the municipal performance. Thus, a questionnaire survey was administered to 50 councils and 60 municipal public services in Cameroonian cities. The descriptive statistics produced from the data collected during the quantitative survey reveal that the tools for monitoring the performance of municipal services in Cameroonian cities are not very significant and remain very superficial in all the services visited. Journal: African J. of Economic and Sustainable Development Pages: 1-22 Issue: 1 Volume: 9 Year: 2022 Keywords: management tools; municipal performance; municipal public services; contingency. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125021 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ajesde:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:1-22 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Theobald Frank Theodory Author-X-Name-First: Theobald Frank Author-X-Name-Last: Theodory Title: Framing the forests future: a transition to green growth among the forests dependent communities in Mafinga Town Council, Tanzania Abstract: The green growth concept is becoming relevant in Tanzania's forest value chain as the forests contribute to the country's economic growth. Adoption of the green growth in the forestry sector in Tanzania is predicated on the fact that the socio-economic activities undertaken in the sector are crucial in enhancing the livelihoods and economic growth among the forests dependent communities. This article examines the role of forests in implementing the green growth in Tanzania using Mafinga Town Council as a case study. The article adopted a qualitative research design to obtain data through open-ended questions and focus group discussions. The findings have shown that, forests dependent communities perceive forests farming significant for livelihoods improvement which can be sustainably ensured through adoption of green growth. Execution of green growth practices in the forestry sector in Mafinga is hampered by overlapping forests management, deforestation and forests degradation just to mention a few. Journal: African J. of Economic and Sustainable Development Pages: 68-85 Issue: 1 Volume: 9 Year: 2022 Keywords: forests future; green growth; forests management; forests communities; forests products. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125028 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ajesde:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:68-85