Adjustment employment and missing institutions in Africa / Willem Van der Geest

Public ISBD Titre : Adjustment employment and missing institutions in Africa : The experience in Eastern and Southern Africa Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Willem Van der Geest, Auteur ; Rolph van der Hoeven, Auteur Editeur : Genève [Suisse] : ILO Année de publication : 1999 Importance : 276 p Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Afrique Tags : Afrique  Politique d'ajustement structurel  Emploi Index. décimale : 09.02 Afrique Résumé : This book identifies "missing institutions" as a major reason for the often patchy implementation of structural reform policies. In most African countries the labour force is growing faster than new jobs, leading to increased informalisation of the economy. Case studies concentrate on Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, where less than ten per cent of the labour force work in the formal sector, as compared with some twenty to forty per cent in the 1960s. Public sector workers have been reduced but there have not been enough jobs to compensate in the rest of the formal sector. The education and training institutions also have difficulties in providing skills for the restructured markets. In many cases reform policies tend to be seen as directives coming from abroad or from a distant finance ministry. The lack of institutions, of democratic policy making and of consultation among major social groups has weakened their impact. Rebuilding institutions and improving democratic policy making are essential for better implementation of reforms. Adjustment employment and missing institutions in Africa : The experience in Eastern and Southern Africa [texte imprimé] / Willem Van der Geest, Auteur ; Rolph van der Hoeven, Auteur . - Genève (Suisse) : ILO, 1999 . - 276 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Afrique Tags : Afrique  Politique d'ajustement structurel  Emploi Index. décimale : 09.02 Afrique Résumé : This book identifies "missing institutions" as a major reason for the often patchy implementation of structural reform policies. In most African countries the labour force is growing faster than new jobs, leading to increased informalisation of the economy. Case studies concentrate on Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, where less than ten per cent of the labour force work in the formal sector, as compared with some twenty to forty per cent in the 1960s. Public sector workers have been reduced but there have not been enough jobs to compensate in the rest of the formal sector. The education and training institutions also have difficulties in providing skills for the restructured markets. In many cases reform policies tend to be seen as directives coming from abroad or from a distant finance ministry. The lack of institutions, of democratic policy making and of consultation among major social groups has weakened their impact. Rebuilding institutions and improving democratic policy making are essential for better implementation of reforms.

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