Report on the world social situation : development in Africa
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United Nations. Economic and Social Council;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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The decade 1950-1960, and particularly the latter half of it, has been the most important period of this century for African self-determination. One after another, colonial territories gained their independence with great rapidity and joined the family of nations. In 1954 it was estimated that 450,000 square miles with 18 million people, not including South Africa, had become independent, but by 1961 this had increased to 9 million square miles with 90 million people. There are big differences in income between African groups, let alone between Africans and non-Africans, and these differences would seem to be widening. The ratio of the average non-African to the average African income was about 30 to 1 in Kenya in 1957, 40 to 1 in the Central African Federation in 1956, and 70 to 1 in the former Belgian Congo in 1957. In a number of occupations, especially those requiring advanced education and training, Africans who have taken over from expatriates in some newly independent countries have received the same salaries and allowances that the expatriates received, far above the average indigenous income.
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“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1964-01). Report on the world social situation : development in Africa. UN. ECA (6th Session : 1964, Feb. 19 - Mar. 03 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa. © UN. ECA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/20015”Conference
UN. ECA (6th Session : 1964, Feb. 19 - Mar. 03 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)Collections
- Economic Development [8013]
- Social Development [6610]
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