Second African Seminar on Labour Statistics

1967 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-411
Keyword(s):  
Addis Ababa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
International Labour Organisation ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Labour Organisation

This seminar, sponsored and organised jointly by the International Labour Organisation and the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, was convened on the recommendation of the Fourth Conference of African Statisticians, November 1965, and was held in two stages; the first stage, in Dakar, was for participants from French-speaking African countries, and the second, in Addis Ababa, for participants from English-speaking African countries.

The history of accounting standards in French-speaking African countries since independence

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Guy Degos ◽  
Yves Levant ◽  
Philippe Touron
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
History Of ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Multimodal Process ◽  
Accounting Standard Setting

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on circumvolutions taken by the accounting standard-setting process in French-speaking African countries which have delayed convergence toward IFRS standards and to identify how different factors shape accounting standards in a context in which post-colonial hysteresis interact with globalization. Design/methodology/approach This study uses archival data and interviews with key individual actors. Two case studies from two successive periods are contrasted: the design of the OCAM accounting standards in the 1970s, and the development of the SYSCOA/OHADA accounting standards during the 1990s before the partial adoption of IFRS. Findings The study shows the convergence toward international accounting standards in French-speaking African countries emerged from a complex, multimodal process mingling competition with collaboration and negotiation. They have followed a different path from most English-speaking African countries, where convergence to IAS/IFRS took place earlier and faster. The evidence indicates the significance of the interaction between the ex-colonization and the indigenous accounting standards, the importance of key actors and the level of the educational institutions. Research limitations/implications No African written sources were located. Most of the sources used were French. Practical implications The paper includes implications for the standards setting in developing countries. The examination of the development of accounting rules in French-speaking African countries between 1960 and 2010 shows the complexity of the accounting standards’ diffusion dynamic. Originality/value This study provides novel insights over a 30-year period of accounting standards in French-speaking African countries. This research explains why IFRS have not yet adopted in French-speaking African countries as it was in English-speaking African countries.

Economic and Social Seminar for Staff of African Universities and Research Institutes

1967 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-414
Author(s):  
Lorenz Walg
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Research Staff ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
English Speaking

The purpose of this seminar on the planning of rural development—organised by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning—was to permit an exchange of views and experiences by teachers from various African countries. Twenty members of the teaching and research staff of 18 universities and research institutes, from 14 countries (seven English-speaking and seven French-speaking) attended the seminar, which was the fourth of its kind held in Dakar.

Inter-Governmental Meeting on Youth Employment and National Development

1968 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-264
Author(s):  
Archibal Callaway
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
National Development ◽  
Youth Employment ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The World ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government

Organised by the Economic Commission for Africa, with the Government of Niger as host, this meeting brought together delegates from 16 African Governments (11 French-speaking, 5 English-speaking) and observer/ participants from the United Nations and its specialised agencies (I.L.O., U.N.E.S.C.O., U.N.I.C.E.F., F.A.O., W.H.O.), the O.A.U., the World Assembly of Youth, the World Y.W.C.A., the Organisation internationale des employeurs, and the All Africa Conference of Churches.

Seminar for Teachers of Economics in African Universities

1965 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-437
Author(s):  
Knud Erik Svendsen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Critical Path Analysis ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
University Of Ibadan

This was the second annual Seminar for university teachers of economics held by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (I.D.E.P.). There were 22 anglophone—and unfortunately only 10 francophone— participants, from 28 teaching and research institutions in 16 African countries. The following papers were presented: ‘The Necessity and Limitations of Planning as a Tool for Economic Development’, by Professor Diran Bodenhorn, University of Ibadan; ‘The Use of Critical Path Analysis as an Aid to Planning in African Countries’, by J. R. Jurcan, University of Glasgow; ‘Planning as a Tool for Economic Integration in Africa’, by Professor H. C. Bos, Netherlands School of Economics; and ‘Planning in Agriculture: techniques and problems’, by J. Dalton, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.

A Study On Labour Welfare Measures In Chettinad Cement Corporation Limited - With Special Reference To Puliyur, Karur District, Tamilnadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (12) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
V. Muruganandham ◽  
Dr. M. Ragupathi
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
International Labour Organisation ◽  
Regional Conference ◽  
Welfare Measures ◽  
Labour Organisation

International Labour Organisation (ILO) at its Asian regional Conference, defined labour welfare as a term which is understood to include such services, facilities and amenities as may be established in o in the vicinity of undertaking to enable the person employed in them to perform their work in healthy, and high morale.

Russia–Ethiopia: Humanitarian Ties Cooperation in Scientific Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Alexander Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Modern World ◽  
State University ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Scientific Project

The report shows the results of the Russian-Ethiopian historic and ethnographic expedition – a joint scientific project of two countries, successfully implemented in the early 1990s. Advanced results achieved by this expedition were much owed to participation of several leading Russian and Ethiopian scientific centers and universities – the Institute for African Studies, the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Addis Ababa University and Institute for Ethiopian Studies, The Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and others. The participants of the expedition gathered and summarized a large body of data acquired during opinion polls, held in the course of the visits to a number of educational, medical, economic and manufacturing centers and organizations, including workshops, agricultural farms, banks, scientific centers. The collected scientific data has allowed, based on multi-factor analysis, to specify the nature of evolutionary processes in communal relations, efficiency of various aspects of federalism policy in a cosmopolitan country. Its value is reflected by applicability and sharp demand for a scientific view on one of the most troubled sides of social and political life of many African countries, and of the modern world. Based on the field research, a high number of articles and monographs have been prepared and published in the Russian Federation. They include “Report on Field Studies of Ethiopia Carried Out by Russian Historical, Ethnic, Sociological, Expedition, 1990–1992”, “Ethiopia: History, Culture and Ethnicity”, “Ethiopia: the Particular Features of Federalism”, “Drama in Modern Ethiopian Literature and Theatre”, “Mission in Ethiopia. African Policy of the USSR in the eyes of the Soviet Diplomat. 1956–1982”, two volumes of “Africa” encyclopedia and others.

Rethinking Canada: Canadian Studies and Study Abroad

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Beach ◽  
George Sherman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Admissions ◽  
American University ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Canadian Education ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Canadian Studies ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
English Speaking

Americans have been studying “abroad” in Canada on a freelance basis for generations, and for many different reasons. Certain regions of Canada, for example, provide excellent, close-to-home opportunities to study French and/or to study in a French-speaking environment. Opportunities are available coast-to-coast for “foreign studies” in an English-speaking environment. Additionally, many students are interested in visiting cities or areas from which immediate family members or relatives emigrated to the United States.  Traditionally, many more Canadians have sought higher education degrees in the United States than the reverse. However, this is about to change. Tearing a creative page out of the American university admissions handbook, Canadian universities are aggressively recruiting in the United States with the up-front argument that a Canadian education is less expensive, and a more subtle argument that it is perhaps better.

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