This briefing paper examines the links between internal migration, remittances and poverty based on analysis of national data for India and Ghana. Internal migrants outnumber international migrants by an order of magnitude and the total sum of internal remittances exceeds international remittances. People move from relatively poor areas to richer ones. While it is difficult to establish causality, these moves allow poor people to access better opportunities in richer regions.DFIDMigrating out of Povert
Many scholarly articles on remittance have focused on its positive or negative impact on the macro- ...
Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)This study examines internal migration, remittances a...
This paper explores the drivers of African migration drawing on micro data from comparable household...
Drawing on data from population censuses and recent household surveys for India and Ghana, this pape...
This study utilizes primary data from seven (7 out of the 10) regions to assess the impact of intern...
Despite the fact that the number of internal migrants globally is at least 740 million, nearly four ...
While migration is an important livelihood strategy adopted by individuals and households to improve...
Migration is a common strategy adopted to escape poverty and improve living standards, but it is not...
This paper examined the microeconomic determinants of inward remittances of migrants to their respec...
Despite negative policy stances toward rural-urban migration and urban slums in Ghana, re...
Using panel data collected in 2015 and 2018, this paper employs econometric techniques to evaluate t...
Few studies on remittances have focused on sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyses a nationwide surv...
In the light of the rapid pace of urbanisation and associated challenges such as urban unemployment,...
Purpose: Successful integration of migrants in any society has a very vital impact on the wellbeing ...
In this paper, we explore repeated migration within a household and consequent welfare outcomes. Spe...
Many scholarly articles on remittance have focused on its positive or negative impact on the macro- ...
Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)This study examines internal migration, remittances a...
This paper explores the drivers of African migration drawing on micro data from comparable household...
Drawing on data from population censuses and recent household surveys for India and Ghana, this pape...
This study utilizes primary data from seven (7 out of the 10) regions to assess the impact of intern...
Despite the fact that the number of internal migrants globally is at least 740 million, nearly four ...
While migration is an important livelihood strategy adopted by individuals and households to improve...
Migration is a common strategy adopted to escape poverty and improve living standards, but it is not...
This paper examined the microeconomic determinants of inward remittances of migrants to their respec...
Despite negative policy stances toward rural-urban migration and urban slums in Ghana, re...
Using panel data collected in 2015 and 2018, this paper employs econometric techniques to evaluate t...
Few studies on remittances have focused on sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyses a nationwide surv...
In the light of the rapid pace of urbanisation and associated challenges such as urban unemployment,...
Purpose: Successful integration of migrants in any society has a very vital impact on the wellbeing ...
In this paper, we explore repeated migration within a household and consequent welfare outcomes. Spe...
Many scholarly articles on remittance have focused on its positive or negative impact on the macro- ...
Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)This study examines internal migration, remittances a...
This paper explores the drivers of African migration drawing on micro data from comparable household...