Greener Journal of Social Sciences

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ABSTRACT

Article No.: 0701019134

Type: Short Comm.

DOI: 10.15580/GJSS.2019.2.071019134

             Taking cognizance of the fact that Cameroon is now experiencing an economic crisis which has severely affected the labour market, many Cameroonians have resorted to survival means in the informal sector. Initially, this endeavour was not coordinated and streamlined because of the contemptuous impression Cameroonians, especially public authorities, had about the informal sector.

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the activities of the sector on the part of the Cameroonian Government and informal-sector actors themselves. To this end, the contractual, organizational, training and social-security rights of these actors have been brought to the limelight especially at the theoretical level or the level of publications. At the practical level, despite the setting up of a structure (the Integrated Support Project for Informal Sector Actors) which is out to protect and promote the rights of informal-sector workers in Cameroon, the said rights have not experienced any significant or substantial improvement.

It is against this bleak background that this article proposes some solutions aimed at remedying the situation so as to upgrade the status, integrity and welfare of informal-sector operators.

The said proposed solutions or recommendations will not only improve the economic and financial capacity of these operators as well as provide decent jobs for them; they will also boost the economy of Cameroon, since most of the workers of this economy are in the private sector.

It should be noted that, though still useful, this article was written a few years ago.

Submitted: 10/07/2019

Accepted:  15/07/2019

Published: 23/10/2019

*Corresponding Author

Joseph Kijem Yuh

E-mail: yuh750@ gmail.com

Keywords: Crisis;  Informal  Sector;  Actors; Rights; Status; Integrity;  Welfare Operators;  Jobs