Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Madagascar (Ratification: 1964)

Parts I and II of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living. The Committee notes the observations of the Trade Union Confederation of Malagasy Revolutionary Workers (FISEMARE), which were forwarded to the Government in September 2014. FISEMARE indicates that, following the suspension of the National Labour Council, the Government submitted to the National Assembly a Finance Bill, providing for increased deductions from wages as income tax. The Committee asks the Government to send any comments it may wish to make in response to the observations of FISEMARE. The Committee also refers to its direct request of 2013 and requests the Government to provide updated information on the manner in which the provisions of the Convention calling for “all policies” to “be primarily directed to the well-being and development of the population” have been taken into account in the development and implementation of the measures taken under its economic programmes and poverty reduction strategy (Article 1 of the Convention). Please provide information on the measures taken with a view to improving living conditions in rural areas, increasing production capacity and raising the standard of living of workers in the informal economy (Articles 3 and 4).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2015.]