title: The reorganization of mine labor recruitment in Southern Africa: evidence from Botswana.
abstract: "The past decade has been one of unprecedented change in the pattern and organization of mine labor recruitment in Southern Africa.  Using detailed data on recruitment patterns in Botswana, this article supports the view that recent changes have initiated a self-sustaining trend whereby certain flows of foreign labor into South Africa will decline unabated into the foreseeable future.  This results from a shift in general recruiting policy from one of encouraging external migrant labor flows--by expanding recruitment networks and employing a variable and transient workforce--to one of retrenchment and labor stabilization biased in favor of internalized labor supplies."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000353:Africa, Southern; D001902:Botswana; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013019:South Africa; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Botswana; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Migrant Workers; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; South Africa; Southern Africa