Privatisation of agro‐industrial parastatals and Anglophone opposition in Cameroon

This article focuses on the regional anglophone opposition in Cameroon which arose after 15 July 1994, when the government was forced by international donors to announce the privatization of 15 public enterprises, notably in the transport and agroindustrial sectors. The most prominent among them was the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), founded in 1946/1947. The author argues that the strong resistance of anglophones in general and the Bakweri in particular to the privatization of the CDC can only be fully understood in the context of the 'anglophone problem'. Privatization of the CDC was perceived as a further step by the francophone-dominated State towards destruction of the anglophone cultural and economic heritage. This perception was strengthened by the fact that the CDC has the reputation of being one of the rare parastatals in Cameroon which from its inception has played a significant role in regional development and which had a relatively good performance record until the economic crisis. Moreover, the Bakweri, the owners of the CDC lands, were not consulted.ASC – Publicaties niet-programma gebonde

Rapport de mission aupres de la FAO, du CHA, du PAM et du FIDA

*INRA-ESR 9 place viala 34060 Montpellier cedex (FRA) Diffusion du document : INRA-ESR 9 place viala 34060 Montpellier cedex (FRA)National audienceApres une description rapide des organisations visitees, les conceptions et les approches du probleme alimentaire par les 4 organismes sont explicitees: la FAO defend le concept de securite alimentaire, le CHA la formation de strategies alimentaires, le PAM et le FIDA preferent une approche complexe du developement rural integrant les problemes alimentaires dans leurs projets. Les conflits et les convergences sont evoques. Evaluation rapide des 4 organismes comme sources d'information sur les questions alimentaires

Three million foreigners, three million unemployed? Immigration flows and the labour market in France

This paper investigates the effect of the flows of immigrant workers on the French labour market from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. Using a system of equations for unemployment, labour-force participation, the real wage and the immigration rate, it is shown that, in the long run, both legal and amnestied immigrant workers, and immigrant families lower the unemployment rate permanently. In the short-run, the arrival of immigrants increases unemployment slightly with an impact effect similar to that of an increase in domestic labour-force participation. The composition of immigration flows matters and the results indicate that the distribution between workers from the European Union and other regions of the world, also more skilled and less skilled workers, should remain balanced.