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Labour administration in sub‐Saharan Africa: Functions and challenges in the light of ILO Convention No. 150
Author(s) -
AUVERG Philippe,
LAVIOLETTE Sandrine,
OUMAROU Moussa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2011.00106.x
Subject(s) - convention , legislation , economic shortage , administration (probate law) , wage , relevance (law) , work (physics) , labour economics , value (mathematics) , economics , political science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , government (linguistics) , computer science
. Based on a review of national legislation and the findings of their field‐work, the authors assess the application of the Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150), in a sample of nine African countries. Their research focuses on three main issues: the relative importance given to each of the various functions of labour administration; the extension of those functions to workers in non‐wage employment; and the shortage of human and material resources available to the administrations. In conclusion, the authors stress the current relevance and value of the ILO instrument, particularly for extending labour administration work to the informal economy.