Migration And Development In Africa
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Author | : Maty Konte |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2020-11-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1000259757 |
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 | : Alexandre Devillard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783902880369 |
Author | : Stephen Castles |
Publisher | : International Organization for Migration (IOM) |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Reviews the experience of five major emigration countries: India, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines and Turkey over the last half century, in order to analyse the determinants and characteristics of migration and its significance for economy, society, politics and international relations.
Author | : Abdoulaye Kane |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253003083 |
Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary migration of Africans, both within the continent and to various destinations in Europe and North America, has seriously affected thousands of lives and livelihoods. The contributors to this volume, reflecting a variety of disciplinary perspectives, examine the causes and consequences of this new migration. The essays cover topics such as rural-urban migration into African cities, transnational migration, and the experience of immigrants abroad, as well as the issues surrounding migrant identity and how Africans re-create community and strive to maintain ethnic, gender, national, and religious ties to their former homes.
Author | : Oliver Bakewell |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Economic development |
ISBN | : 9781849809702 |
In this important collection, Oliver Bakewell draws together key articles by leading scholars which investigate past and current thinking on the complex linkages between migration and development.
Author | : Jonathan Crush |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1920409262 |
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 | : Norbert Edomah |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2020-08-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1789852374 |
Regional development is a broad term but can be seen as a general effort to reduce regional disparities by supporting (employment and wealth-generating) economic activities in regions. In the past, regional development policy tended to try to achieve these objectives by means of large-scale infrastructure development and by attracting inward investment” (OECD, 2014).A territorial and regional approach to development is crucial in addressing regional challenges, regional economic competitiveness, and reducing socio-economic discrepancies. This book provides a forum to articulate and discuss Africa’s regional development issues in view of the rising opportunities within the African region. This volume contains 14 chapters and is organized in four sections: Introduction; Industry, Trade and Investment in Africa; Agricultural Services and the Water-energy-food Nexus in Africa; and Environmental and Cultural Dimensions to Africa’s Regional Development.
Author | : Malte Steinbrink |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 303022841X |
This book discusses migration and space-spanning social network relationships as normal realities of life in African societies. It offers an overview of the research landscape and introduces an agency-centered theoretical model that provides a conceptual framework for translocality. The authors Malte Steinbrink and Hannah Niedenführ plead for a translocal approach to social transformation, showing how the translocality of livelihoods is shaping the lives of half a billion people on the continent and impacting local conditions. Using an action-oriented approach, the book analyzes the effects of translocal livelihoods on diverse aspects of economic, environmental and social change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. The study thus makes an innovative contribution not only to migration research and development studies but also to the discussion around the policy and practice of development cooperation and planning. It is time to rethink development in light of translocal realities. The book appeals to scholars and researchers in geography, sociology, policy-making and planning, development studies, migration research and rural development.
Author | : Aderanti Adepoju |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Africans arriving by rickety fishing boats to the Canary Islands is an example of the dark side of migration in human trafficking, but the picture of a continent on the move also includes highly skilled professionals from Nigeria and Ghana who seek employment in universities and other professions in South Africa. On the positive side, migrant remittances are a major source of income in many sub-Saharan African countries, helping to sustain the lives of poor home communities. A major challenge now facing sub-Saharan Africa is how to attract
Author | : William Minter |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789171066923 |
Migration from and within Africa, just like migration elsewhere in the world, often generates anti-immigrant sentiment and ignites heated public debate about the migration policies of the destination countries. These countries include South Africa as well as others outside the continent. The countries of origin are also keen to minimize losses through "brain drain" and to capture resources such as remittances. Increasingly, international organizations and human rights advocates have stressed the need to protect the interests of migrants themselves. However, while the UNDP's 2009 Human Development Report talks of "win-win-win" solutions, in practice it is the perceived interests of destination countries that enjoy the greatest attention, while the rights of migrants themselves are afforded the least. Yet migration is not just an issue in itself: it also points to structural inequalities between countries and regions. Managing migration and protecting migrants is too limited an agenda. Activists and policymakers must also address these inequalities directly to ensure that people can pursue their fundamental human rights whether they move or stay. It is not enough to measure development only in terms of progress at the national level: development must also be measured in terms of reductions in the gross levels of inequality that now determine differential rights on the basis of accident of birth.