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What Evidence Exists on Individuals’ Sustainable Consumption Practices in Africa? A Scoping Review Protocol

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  • Peter Ansu-Mensah

    (Department of Marketing, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana)

  • Monica Ansu-Mensah

    (University Clinic, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana)

  • Desmond Kuupiel

    (Discipline of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.)

Abstract

The new paradigm shift in the discourse on sustainability and sustainable consumption globally and particularly in Africa, has led to the need to understand the consumption practices of people in order to strategize and safeguard scarce natural resources for posterity. This study aims to systematically review published research to answer the research question: what evidence exists on individuals’ sustainable consumption practices in Africa? The study focuses on consumers’ waste minimisation, sustainable food consumption, sustainable transport and sustainable energy consumption in Africa, to provide evidence for policy decisions and future research. The study adopts the 2015 Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines, Arksey and O'Malley’s suggested scoping review framework, and Levac et al. 2010 recommendations. To present the results of this review, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Extension for Scoping Review would be used. This study seeks to identify future strategies to encourage greater sustainable consumption practices in African households.

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  • Peter Ansu-Mensah & Monica Ansu-Mensah & Desmond Kuupiel, 2021. "What Evidence Exists on Individuals’ Sustainable Consumption Practices in Africa? A Scoping Review Protocol," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 11(5), pages 12-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ3:2021-05-3
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    Keywords

    Sustainable consumption and production; Waste minimisation; Sustainable food consumption; Sustainable energy consumption; Sustainable transport; Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • P28 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Natural Resources; Environment
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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