MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Rural employment in tropical Africa, summary of findings
A BASIC PROBLEM IN MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES IS THAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND WAGE RATES IN RURAL AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT MIGRATION OF RURAL WORKERS TO URBAN AREAS, WHERE MANY BECOME UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED.
Byerlee, Derek; Eicher, Carl K. · 1970
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Abstract
THIS PAPER PRESENTS FINDINGS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THIS PROBLEM IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY SIERRA LEONE, AND TO RECOMMEND POLICIES FOR PROMOTING RURAL EMPLOYMENT. AN INTEGRATED SET OF NATIONWIDE SURVEYS WAS CONDUCTED IN SIERRA LEONE TO COLLECT SUFFICIENT DATA FOR ANALYZING RURAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS. FROM BOTH THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDE OF LABOR ECONOMICS, PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY ARE ESSENTIAL TO INCREASED GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT. POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS IS RAPIDLY INCREASING. GOVERNMENT POLICIES NEED TO BE ORIENTED TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SMALL INDUSTRIES THAT CAN PROVIDE YEAR-AROUND EMPLOYMENT AND REDUCE RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION.
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