Article(print)#11953
AFRIQUE BELGE
In: Civilisations: d'anthropologie et de sciences humaines, Volume 3, Issue 3, p. 399-403
ISSN: 0009-8140
Recent industrial developments creed in. Belgian Africa a depopulation in rural areas of 1/4 of the population. To remedy this the government adopted the following measures: (1) bettering of professional requirements; (2) rise in the minimum wages; (3) control of the industrial enterprises; and (4) a bettering of rural areas. The buying power of the working class has increased. The system of familial allocation has to be changed since it presently works unsatisfactorily. Housing and medical facilities will be bettered. Saving accounts are encouraged. D. Bystryn.