Migration Remittances And Development In Lesotho

Author : Jonathan Crush,Belinda Dodson
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920409425

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Migration, Remittances and Development in Lesotho by Jonathan Crush,Belinda Dodson Pdf

The relationship between migration, development and remittances in Lesotho has been exhaustively studied for the period up to 1990. This was an era when the vast majority of migrants from Lesotho were young men working on the South African gold mines and over 50 percent of households had a migrant mineworker. Since 1990, patterns of migration to South Africa have changed dramatically. The reconfiguration of migration between the two countries has had a marked impact on remittance flows to Lesotho. The central question addressed in this report is how the change in patterns of migration from and within Lesotho since 1990 has impacted on remittance flows and usage.

Author : Wade C. Pendleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106018995305

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Migration, Remittances and Development in Southern Africa by Wade C. Pendleton Pdf

Migrant remittances are a focus of attention worldwide, with debates raging on their impact on poverty alleviation. Less well known is that over a third of remittances to underdeveloped countries originate in other developing countries. Remittances as goods and commodities, and remittances from urban to rural areas are important. This is the case in the southern African region where cross-border migration is commonplace. Remittances to Africa easily exceed development aid, yet the comparative research and publication interest is paltry. The southern African context suffers particularly from a paucity of data. This survey provides information on the profile of the migrant population, remittance flows and usage at household level in five SADC countries, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. It considers remittances both within the region and from Africans in the diaspora. Further factors under consideration are gender, age, education level and tradition.

Author : Jonathan Crush
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920409265

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Migration, Remittances and Development in Lesotho by Jonathan Crush Pdf

The relationship between migration, development and remittances in Lesotho has been exhaustively studied for the period up to 1990. This was an era when the vast majority of migrants from Lesotho were young men working on the South African gold mines and over 50 percent of households had a migrant mineworker. Since 1990, patterns of migration to South Africa have changed dramatically. The reconfiguration of migration between the two countries has had a marked impact on remittance flows to Lesotho. The central question addressed in this report is how the change in patterns of migration from and within Lesotho since 1990 has impacted on remittance flows and usage.

Author : Gabriele Winai-Ström
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 9171062521

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Migration and Development by Gabriele Winai-Ström Pdf

Author : Bimal Ghosh,International Organization for Migration
Publisher : International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122277713

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Migrants' Remittances and Development by Bimal Ghosh,International Organization for Migration Pdf

Highlights the ways in which the development potential of remittances could be most effiectively used, while avoiding the possible risks. In doing so, it seeks to help promote a more balanced approach to the issue of remittances and development, which, as indicated above, is now high on the global economic agenda.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264013896

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The Development Dimension Migration, Remittances and Development by OECD Pdf

This publication presents the current situation with regard to the magnitude and economic impact of migrants’ remittances to their countries of origin.

Author : Daniel Tevera,Abel Chikanda
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920118921

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Migrant Remittances and Household Survival in Zimbabwe by Daniel Tevera,Abel Chikanda Pdf

Migrant remittances are now recognised as an important source of global development finance and there is increasing evidence that international remittances have considerable developmental impacts. The contribution of remittances to GDP in many developing countries is significant and has shown a steady increase over the past decade. However, while there is a consensus that remittance flows to Africa are increasing, little attention has been paid to the impact of these transfers on poverty alleviation, primarily because of data deficiencies at the household level. Despite their obvious magnitude, accurate data on remittance flows to Zimbabwe is unavailable or inaccessible. In an attempt to address such data deficiencies, SAMP devised the household-level Migration and Remittances Survey (MARS) which was administered in several SADC countries, including Zimbabwe. The MARS study was implemented in Zimbabwe in 2005 and surveyed 723 urban and rural households.

Author : Dilip Ratha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821382578

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Leveraging Migration for Africa by Dilip Ratha Pdf

A joint effort led by the African Development Bank and the World Bank, 'Leveraging Migration for Africa' is the first comprehensive publication on harnessing migration, remittances, and other diaspora resources for the development of Africa. It comes at a time when countries in Africa and elsewhere are grappling with difficult choices on how to manage migration. Policy makers can help leverage the contributions of migrants to the development of Africa, reduce remittance costs, improve the efficiency of remittance markets in both origin and destination countries, and address the needs of the origin countries without restricting the emigration of high-skilled professionals. Innovative financing mechanisms such as issuance of diaspora bonds and securitization of future remittance flows can help finance big-ticket projects, such as railways, roads, power plants, and institutions of higher learning that will, step by step, help to transform Africa. This volume contributes to a greater understanding of migration and its potential role in Africa’s development.

Author : Crush, Jonathan,Caesar, Mary
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781920596194

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Food Remittances: Migration and Food Security in Africa by Crush, Jonathan,Caesar, Mary Pdf

There is considerable evidence from across the African continent that a significant proportion of cash remittances to rural areas is spent on food. However, bidirectional food remitting – its drivers, dimensions and impacts – is an underdeveloped research and policy area. This report therefore reviews the current state of knowledge about food remittances in Africa and aims to make a number of contributions to the study of the relationship between migration and food security.

Author : Maty Konte,Linguère Mously Mbaye,Valentina Mazzucato
Publisher : Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0367256479

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Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa by Maty Konte,Linguère Mously Mbaye,Valentina Mazzucato Pdf

Introduction / Maty Konte and Linguère Mously Mbaye -- Mobility and 'aid for trade': Conceptual and empirical links between migration and trade in the African context / Michaella Vanore -- Migration, innovation, and growth: an African story? / Linguère Mously Mbaye and Massimiliano Tani -- The Impact of Internal Migration of Youth in Developing Sustainable Counties in Kenya / Linda Oucho -- Remittance Prices and Welfare: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa / Lwanga Elizabeth Nanziri and Paul Gbahabo -- Migration, remittances and child education in Ghana: Evidence from a longitudinal study / Victor Cebotari -- Diaspora Knowledge Transfer in Sierra Leone and Somaliland / Charlotte Mueller -- Harnessing social and political remittances for Africa's development: The case of skilled returnees and skilled return migrant groups in Ghana / Mary Boatemaa Setrana and Kwaku Arhin-Sam -- The impact of mobile money on remittance recipients' household welfare and education: Evidence from Kenya / Romain Fourmy -- Remittances and Bribery in Africa / Maty Konte and Gideon Ndubuisi -- Shaping the migration journey - the role of corruption / Ortrun Merkle, Julia Reinold and Melissa Siegel -- Do remittances fuel electoral violence in Africa? / Rasmane Ouedraogo and Sandrine Sourouema -- Mainstreaming the Global Compact on Migration on Irregular Migration in Africa / Linda Oucho -- Sub-saharan Migration in Transit Countries: The Case of Morocco / Fouzi Mourji, Claire Ricard and Macoura Doumbia -- Conclusion: Finding summary, linkages the SDGs and moving forward / Maty Konte and Linguère Mously Mbaye.

Author : Dilip Ratha,Christian Eigen-Zucchi,Sonia Plaza
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464803208

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Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 by Dilip Ratha,Christian Eigen-Zucchi,Sonia Plaza Pdf

Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official development assistance and even foreign direct investment. Remittances have proved to be more stable than private debt and portfolio equity flows, and less volatile than official aid flows, and their annual flow can match or surpass foreign exchange reserves in many small countries. Even in large emerging markets, such as India, remittances are equivalent to at least a quarter of total foreign exchange reserves. India, China, Philippines and Mexico are the top recipients of migrant remittances. The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 regional and income groups. The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 updates the 2011 edition of the Factbook with additional data on bilateral migration and remittances and second generation diasporas, collected from various sources, including national censuses, labor force surveys, population registers, and other national sources.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780821363454

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Global Economic Prospects 2006 by Anonim Pdf

International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has enormous implications for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. An important benefit to developing countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that development countries' remittance receipts totaled 160 billion in 2004, more than twice the size of official aid. This year's edition of Global Economic Prospects focuses on remittances and migration. The bulk of the book covers remittances.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264013896

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The Development Dimension Migration, Remittances and Development by OECD Pdf

This publication presents the current situation with regard to the magnitude and economic impact of migrants’ remittances to their countries of origin.

Author : Sanket Mohapatra,Dilip Ratha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821385531

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Remittance Markets in Africa by Sanket Mohapatra,Dilip Ratha Pdf

Remittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries, these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases, they are similar in size to official aid from multilateral and bilateral donors. Remittance markets in Africa, however, remain less developed than other regions. The share of informal or unrecorded remittances is among the highest for Sub-Saharan African countries. Remittance costs tend to be significantly higher in Africa both for sending remittances from outside the region and for within-Africa (South-South) remittance corridors. At the same time, the remittance landscape in Africa is rapidly changing with the introduction of new remittance technologies, in particular mobile money transfers and branchless banking. This book presents findings of surveys of remittance service providers conducted in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and in three key destination countries. It looks at issues relating to costs, competition, innovation and regulation, and discusses policy options for leveraging remittances for development in Africa.

Author : Wonderful Hope Khonje
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291330

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Migration and Development by Wonderful Hope Khonje Pdf

Over the past two decades, studies on the migration-development nexus often portray small states as one homogeneous group, ‘developing countries’, without considering their critical and peculiar challenges or inherent vulnerabilities, due mainly to their size. This book explores key dynamics of migration and development in a small states setting. It includes case studies from small states in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific that will help policy-makers to embrace migration as an inevitable phenomenon and devise policies that will maximise the benefits from migration at a minimal cost.