The supply of urban labor has been a central concern of the development efforts of low-income nations. Earlier development theories emphasized the benefits of removing labor from peasant agriculture—where labor-intensive techniques and traditional economic organization kept productivity low—and relocating it in an industrial setting, where capital could raise its productivity. Reflecting this perspective, observers of the pre-Independence African experience concentrated primarily on the issue of stabilizing an urban labor force. A common argument was that productivity in nonagricultural industries was hindered by a labor force that circulated frequently between village and towns because this mobility was inconsistent with the adoption of attitudes and industrial discipline required by these industries.
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