 The Problems of Labour in African DevelopmentD. Hobart Houghton
Chapter Chapter 11 in Economic Development for Africa South of the Sahara, 1964, pp 312-339 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract This topic is so vast, the workers so diverse in their skills, work attitudes, and cultural heritage, economic factors are so heavily over laid by political aspirations, and the process of change so rapid, that it is difficult to make any meaningful generalization about African labour. It may well be that the driving forces behind current changes in Africa are more psychological in character than economic, in that they represent the mass aspiration to assert the African’s equality with other peoples, socially, politically, and culturally, rather than the more limited desire for a higher standard of material wel fare.1 Nevertheless, if these political and other aspirations are to succeed they must rest upon a viable economic order, capable of not only maintaining itself, but also of providing a higher standard of living. This implies major structural changes in most African economies. Keywords: Labour Force; African Development; Subsistence Economy; South African Journal; Traditional Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-15217-9_11 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15217-9_11 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan |
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