Migration Remittances And Sustainable Development In Africa

Author : Maty Konte,Linguère Mously Mbaye
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000259759

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

This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa. It makes evidence-based policy recommendations on migration to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The key themes examined are migration and remittances, and their relations with the following issues: economic transformation, education and knowledge, corruption and conflict. Cross-cutting issues such as gender equality and youth are weaved throughout the chapters, and a rich range of country contexts are presented. The volume also discusses challenges in managing migration flows. It will be of interest to advanced students, academics and policy makers in development economics and sustainable development.

Author : Dilip Ratha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,6 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 : Migration for Development in Africa (Program)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African diaspora
ISBN : IND:30000110397704

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Mobilizing the African Diasporas for the Development of Africa by Migration for Development in Africa (Program) Pdf

Author : International Court of Justice
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213629970

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Harnessing the Potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development by International Court of Justice Pdf

This paper is intended to stimulate discussions on the relationship between migration, return, and development. It outlines the operational framework and research strategy that will be used to investigate this relationship in an ongoing research project on West Africa. The paper discusses the following issues: contemporary trends in international migration in West Africa, consequences of migration to domestic labour markets, effects of migrant remittances, brain drain phenomenon, the developmental impacts of potential capital transfers occurring with return, elements for a meso-level approach on migration issues to achieve an improved understanding of the complex relationship between international migration, return, and development.

Author : Wade C. Pendleton
Publisher : Institute for Democracy in South Africa
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Emigrant remittances
ISBN : UCSC:32106018995305

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

Includes statistical tables.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,7 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 : Jonathan Crush,Belinda Dodson
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 54,7 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 : Dilip Ratha,Supriyo De,Sonia Plaza,Kirsten Schuettler,William Shaw,Hanspeter Wyss,Soonhwa Yi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Migrant remittances
ISBN : 9781464809132

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Migration and Development Brief April 2016 by Dilip Ratha,Supriyo De,Sonia Plaza,Kirsten Schuettler,William Shaw,Hanspeter Wyss,Soonhwa Yi Pdf

This brief aims to provide an update on key developments in the area of migration and remittance flows and related policies over the past six months. It also provides medium-term (three year) projections of remittance flows to developing countries.

Author : Assefaw Bariagaber
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789994455805

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International Migration and Development in Eastern and Southern Africa by Assefaw Bariagaber Pdf

The impact of international migration, both South-South as well as South-North, on the economic, social and political life of the people in Eastern and Southern Africa [was] not well documented and studied, and the evidence-base for policy on migration and development [was] very weak. With this in mind, OSSREAs invitation to conduct a study on international migration in Africa had the following objectives: To analyze the nature and type of South-South migration, focusing on issues, such as brain gain and/or brain drain, remittance flows, technical knowhow transfers, violations of the right of African migrants and gender dimensions of migration; To investigate the dynamics of migration from Eastern and Southern Africa to the Arab Gulf States as well as to developed countries, focusing on the skills of migrants, brain gain and/or drain, remittance flows, technical know-how transfers, violations of the rights of African migrants and gender dimension of migrants; and to assess the successes, impediments and challenges of African international migrants from Eastern and Southern Africa and to formulate policy recommendations to maximize the gains and minimize the costs associated with international migration in Africa.

Author : Crush, Jonathan,Caesar, Mary
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : Savina Ammassari,Richard Black,International Organization for Migration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112960849

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Harnessing the Potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development by Savina Ammassari,Richard Black,International Organization for Migration Pdf

This paper considers the key issues concerning the relationship between international migration, return and development, and reviews current literature on the subject. It outlines the operational framework and research strategy used in an ongoing project based in West Africa, and looks at contemporary trends in intercontinental migration within this region. Issues discussed include: the effects on domestic labour markets and the 'brain drain' phenomenon; the return of migrants and their developmental impact; and aspects of a meso-level approach to achieve an improved understanding of this highly complex subject.

Author : Sanket Mohapatra,Dilip Ratha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Nicola Piper,Kavita Datta
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781802204513

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The Elgar Companion to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals by Nicola Piper,Kavita Datta Pdf

This dynamic Companion explores the connections - and disconnections - between migration and sustainable development as articulated by the UN’s Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Providing a critical appraisal of Agenda 2030, it examines the extent to which the SDGs encompass migration and migrant-related experiences within the context of the pledge to ‘leave no-one behind’.

Author : Raj Bardouille,Muna Ndulo,Margaret Grieco
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015079356823

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Africa's Finances by Raj Bardouille,Muna Ndulo,Margaret Grieco Pdf

Globally, the volume of remittances to developing countries exceeds the development aid budgets. This volume explores the contribution of remittances to Africaâ (TM)s finances and provides concrete guidelines as to how these may be expanded. It contains essays by the field leaders in this area which record, review and revise our knowledge base on Africaâ (TM)s remittance patterns. The advent of new information communication technologies can contribute to an expanded capture of remittances from the African diaspora and in Africa new forms of money transfer are already taking shape which reflect this affordance. The volume also examines other resources, such as skills, that the African diaspora remits in its patterns of contact with Africa. The volume, shaped out of a conference on remittances and the African diaspora held at the Institute for African Development at Cornell University, is a timely reminder of the substantial role to be played in Africaâ (TM)s development by Africans themselves.

Author : Sanket Mohapatra
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCBK:C107673405

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Remittance Markets in Africa by Sanket Mohapatra Pdf

A substantive literature suggests that migration generates benefits for migrants, the host societies, and the countries of origin. The economic benefits for the countries of origin are realized primarily through the receipt of remittances. These large and stable resource flows remained relatively resilient during the global financial crisis compared to steep declines in private capital flows, and they have quickly recovered to the pre crisis levels. African countries are estimated to have received $40 billion in officially recorded flows in 2010, but the true size is believed to be far larger. Remittances are associated with reduction in poverty, improved education and health outcomes, and increased availability of funds for small business investments. Remittances represent a positive and relatively noncontroversial outcome of migration. This volume brings together studies of remittance markets in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and two key destinations for African migrants outside the African continent. It provides an overview of the remittance markets, and the policy and institutional environments in both sending and receiving countries. Based on primary surveys of remittance service providers about the types of remittance services, barriers to entry and exit, legal and regulatory environment, remittance costs, and innovative technologies, the chapters of this volume provide a unique window into the functioning of remittance markets in this region. the volume, measures to reduce remittance fees, increase market competition and consumer protection, increase the involvement of post offices and other non-bank institutions, and encourage the extension of mobile money transfer services to cross-border remittances will benefit the ultimate clients, the people of Africa. I hope that the findings of this volume will motivate more research, improved data collection, and policy action in the area of migrant remittances in Africa.