Harnessing Migration for Inclusive Growth and Development in Southern Africa

Crush, Jonathan; Dodson, Belinda

doi:10.2307/j.ctvh8r3q1

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“…Secondly sizeable sections of working age adults are 'surplus' to the economy, without access to employment or other sources of income. Thirdly, despite efforts to develop regional level instruments and policies, national structures have taken precedence in practice and struggled to harness international economic migration flows towards inclusive growth (Crush, Dodson, Williams, & Tevera, 2017).…”

Section: Social Compact Formation: the Old Rules Don't Applymentioning

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Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

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This paper reflects on the trajectory of social policy in South Africa (1994-2017) and on which policy levers present opportunities for crosscountry policy transfer, in order to address current social development challenges. The current direction of social policy is described as the result of a compromise between two distinct alternative paradigms whereby the statist transformative and market-oriented residual paradigms are held in tension. On the one hand, a transformative policy perspective draws on human rights and views redistribution as a necessary premise for and means of economic growth. On the other hand in the residual framework, redistribution is envisaged as a secondary function that is dependent on economic growth. Several instances are outlined in which this tension is evident, together with the implications for social policy across the policy cycle: in legislation; in social compact formation; in the selection of social programmes and in their implementation; in gender-mainstreaming and in the engagement of the private sector in social policy. Overall we highlight areas of hybrid policy overlap between these bifurcated ideological, political and institutional frameworks, for example around social transfers and corporate social investment. We also describe instances of conflicting and at times unexpected outcomes, such as the National Health Insurance. Several factors are concluded to be of relevance to the Global South more generally: the importance of constitutionally-legislated rights as a basis for advancing socioeconomic claims; the emergence of new social compacts in contexts where there are significant levels of informal employment and unemployment and lastly, the influence of fiscal and institutional capability factors in shaping the direction of social policy and its implementation.

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Section: Social Compact Formation: the Old Rules Don't Applymentioning

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Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

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“…The Mali-Côte d'Ivoire corridor (359,000; see figure 8) links migrants from Western Africa to resource-rich coastal countries, with demand in mineral extraction and commercial agriculture in Côte d'Ivoire fuelling migration. The Mozambique-South Africa (675,480) and Lesotho-South Africa (312,000) corridors are important for linking migrants to farms and mines and, for Lesotho, to domestic work in Johannesburg, South Africa (Crush et al, 2017). Other important corridors include Benin-Nigeria (362,000), the Sudan-Chad (344,000) and Burundi-United Republic of Tanzania (208,000).…”

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Economic Development in Africa Report 2018: Migration for Structural Transformation. UNCTAD, New York and Geneva, 2018. 204 pp

Morozov¹,

Rybalkina²

2019

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“…Therefore, it can be noted that the major drivers of the young labour migration from Zimbabwe include, poor economy and protracted political problems that have resulted in reduced post-school employment and training opportunities, coupled with limited labour market options (International Organisation for Migration [IOM], 2016). On the other hand, Mlambo (2017, p. 14) and Crush et al (2017) argue that school-leavers from Zimbabwe increasingly migrate into neighbouring Botswana probably due to proximity, social and family networks. The relative peace, value and stability of the Pula (P), the Botswana currency further attract the young labour migrants (Crush et al, 2017) despite reception and everyday challenges.…”

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Migrants’ self-perception of technical skills and occupational realities:

Hondonga

2022

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The level of technical skills affects the integration of migrants into the host country’s labour market. This study investigated the relationship between Zimbabwean school-leaver migrants’ self-perception of technical skills and occupational realities. A mixed-method research design was used in this study and systematic sampling was used to select respondents for the study. Questionnaires were administered on 60 respondents to collect quantitative data whilst 19 respondents provided qualitative data using semi-structured interviews. Findings suggested that most low-skilled migrants from Zimbabwe faced several challenges including failure to secure formal employment, obtain work and residence permits because of their low-level technical skills and qualifications. This challenge further affects migrants’ social integration and economic status in the host country. Findings also revealed that there are no strategies to provide skills to migrant labour to assist them to join the mainstream labour market and reduce their life challenges in Botswana.

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Harnessing Migration for Inclusive Growth and Development in Southern Africa

Cited by 24 publications

References 5 publications

Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

Economic Development in Africa Report 2018: Migration for Structural Transformation. UNCTAD, New York and Geneva, 2018. 204 pp

Migrants’ self-perception of technical skills and occupational realities:

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