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Labour Mobility in East Africa: An Analysis of the East African Community's Common Market and the Free Movement of Workers
Author(s) -
Basnett Yurendra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12000
Subject(s) - free movement , work (physics) , perspective (graphical) , movement (music) , political science , market access , economic growth , political economy , sociology , business , economics , geography , international trade , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , agriculture , aesthetics
This article advocates an institutional perspective in analysing labour mobility, since rules governing cross‐border labour markets are an embodiment of access and participation rights, and can determine the formalisation or informalisation of work and the protection and benefits accrued by migrant workers. It examines the East African Community's Common Market Protocol of July 2010, which seeks to promote the ‘free movement of workers’ within the Community. It argues that there are contradictions and inconsistencies in implementing the Protocol and provides recommendations for addressing them.