Download or read book The Labour Market and Decent Work Agenda in Southern Africa written by Mkhululi Ncube and published by ILO South-E Eam. This book was released on 2008 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Labour Law Reforms that Support Decent Work written by Evance Kalula and published by ILO South-E Eam. This book was released on 2008 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The South African Labour Market written by F. S. Barker and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legal Empowerment Agenda written by Dr Dan Banik and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination, and their lives are characterised by various types of vulnerabilities and deprivations that result from the denial of social, economic, political and legal protection. Although not new to the development vocabulary, the informal economy has received renewed attention in recent years largely due to the ILO's 'decent work' agenda and various efforts to promote 'legal empowerment of the poor'. With an explicit focus on labour rights, the book focuses on a nuanced understanding of the regulatory and operational challenges and dilemmas related to implementing the two approaches in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to analyzing structures and relations of power between the formal and the informal economies, the book critically discusses the work of governments, civil society organizations and the poor themselves to address the daily challenges of living in the informal economy.
Download or read book The South African Labour Market written by F. S. Barker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Restructuring the Labour Market written by Guy Standing and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards Employment Intensive Growth in South Africa written by Anthony Black and published by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa’s high rate of unemployment (26.4%) makes it a complete outlier compared with other middle-income countries. Indeed, the unemployment rate rises to 36% if discouraged workers are taken into account. It underpins extreme poverty and inequality and is a major contributor to social dislocation. If it were not for increased social payments, poverty would have continued to increase since the advent of democracy in 1994. Unemployment also represents a huge cost to growth. This book focuses on the growth path of the economy. The starting point is that while more rapid economic expansion is an important objective, at any given level of growth, the economy as a whole needs to become more labour-absorbing. The central question posed is how to bring about changes in the economic structure and pattern of development, which would lead to the attainment of this objective. The authors argue that employment needs to be much more centrally positioned within the economic and social policy arena. They emphasise innovative approaches within a broader focus on the growth path, and employment-intensive growth. And they posit that the negative impact of previous ‘distortions’ requires much more than a levelling of the playing field via market-based reforms. Apart from presenting an alternative growth path which could start to shift the economy in new directions, the book tackles themes which have received only limited attention, such as wage subsidies, youth unemployment and employment growth in rural areas.
Download or read book Towards Decent Work in a Sub Saharan Africa written by Theo Sparreboom and published by International Labour Office. This book was released on 2011 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decent work - productive employment that delivers a fair income, security, freedom and dignity, social protection for families, opportunities for personal development and social integration, and equality of opportunity for men and women - is a fundamental goal for all societies. It is also a central element in the fight against global poverty and hunger. In 2008, the United Nations adopted a new target under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) "to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people". This target has particular relevance for sub-Saharan Africa, where widespread poverty is inextricably entwined with a lack of decent work. Drawing on broad regional labour market analyses and country case studies, this book demonstrates how the new MDG employment indicators can be used as a basis for improved labour market and poverty monitoring as well as improved employment policy development in sub-Saharan Africa. It is argued that analysis based on the MDG employment indicators provides a major building block for employment diagnostics, which in turn serves to inform growth strategies that generate more high-quality and productive jobs.
Download or read book The South African Labour Market written by F. S. Barker and published by Van Schaik Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of The South African Labour Market contains an abundance of information about the South African labour market.
Download or read book The Influence of Labour Legislation on Job Creation and Job Sustainability in South Africa written by Catharina A.J. Womack and published by AOSIS. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly book focuses on the issue of high unemployment and the challenges related thereto in South Africa. It demonstrates the urgent need for research into the contribution of job creation to poverty alleviation and economic growth. This research is relevant from a legal, economic and social sciences point of view. The main thesis of the book is to explore the influence of labour legislation on job creation. It investigates sustainability regarding employment relationships through the lens of the two primary participants: business and organised labour. This book adds value to the social justice context from both a societal and business point of view. It provides business and unionised labour a voice from which the influence of labour legislation on job creation and job sustainability can be addressed.
Download or read book Decent Work and Informal Employment written by Malte Luebker and published by ILO South-E Eam. This book was released on 2008 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the results of a survey on informal employment that was carried out in November 2006 in the Harare suburb of Glen View.
Download or read book The South African Labour Market written by F. S. Barker and published by Van Schaik Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Employment targeted Economic Program for South Africa written by Robert Pollin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Investment in South Africa is low, real interest rates are high, the employment-intensity of growth has been relatively slow. The "employment-targeted program" advocated in this book seeks to reverse these tendencies by lowering average interest rates and channeling subsidized credit to labor-intensive, pro-poor activities, particularly small-scale agriculture and small and medium-sized enterprises. This is a bold program and by challenging conventional "inflation-targeted" economic policy, the book makes a major contribution to the debate on economic policy in South Africa.' - Keith B. Griffin, University of California-Riverside, US The people of South Africa, and the African National Congress-led government, have made extraordinary social and economic advances since ending apartheid and beginning the transition to democracy in 1994. But the country still faces severe problems of mass unemployment, underemployment and poverty. This study, sponsored by the United Nations Development Program, presents a detailed economic program designed to produce major reductions in unemployment and poverty, and a general spreading of economic well-being, and to achieve these ends in a manner that is sustainable over a longer-term framework.
Download or read book Enclavity and Constrained Labour Absorptive Capacity in Southern African Economies written by Guy C. Z. Mhone and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that factors associated with the enclave and dualistic nature of African economies have resulted in continuing high levels of unemployment and underemployment. Shows how the formal and non-formal sectors may be interrelated in such economies and examines the effects on labour absorption. Proposes measures for resolving enclavity and enhancing labour absorptive capacity.
Download or read book Labor Market Reform Options to Boost Employment in South Africa written by Mr. Romain A Duval and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising South Africa’s low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the urgency of action. This paper reviews labor market policy and other reform options to enhance South Africa’s job market performance, drawing from international evidence and new analysis. We find much scope for improving the design of key labor market institutions—including collective bargaining and employment protection legislation—and active labor market policies to improve job seekers’ prospects. These reforms should come hand-in-hand with others, such as in the areas of education or product market regulation, that may work pay. Labor market and other reforms would primarily benefit disadvantaged groups such as youth.
Download or read book Adjustment Employment Missing Institutions in Africa written by Willem van der Geest and published by James Currey. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text identifies missing institutions as a major reason for the patchy implementation of structural reform policies in Africa. The essays 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 20 to 40 per cent in the 1960s.
Download or read book Employment Policies for Social Justice and a Fair Globalization written by and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the contribution that employment policies, as part of an integrated decent work approach, can make to social justice for a fair globalization.
