The purpose of this article is to analyse what motivates the migrants from the Central African Region who are in the diaspora, to remit part of their earnings to target development within their region of origin. This contribution is based on the hypothesis that the remittances of the migrants living abroad are organized and motivated by altruism to contribute to the improvement of the social welfare. We have used a utility function, and an altruistic preference function to show that altruism is the main driving force for diasporans to continue supporting various development projects in their countries of origin. The main result is that, altruistic diasporans are the key strategic agents that make the nexus between migration and development a reality.
What are the opportunities offered through informal cross-border trade-ICBT? What are the business and institutional constraints hindering the achievement of these opportunities? What are the coping mechanisms and do they differ with gender? These issues are addressed in this paper using the survey data covering three border sites in Cameroon e.g. Cameroon-Gabon-Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon-Chad-Nigeria, and Cameroon-Nigeria. A number of clear patterns emerge from the analysis. First, we find significant differences in the male-female socio-economic characteristics. Second, opportunities related to ICBT range from the strengthening of regional integration, involvement of women in the decision-making process within households, to the fulfilment of basic needs. Third, negative aspects of ICBT include violence-both physical and psychological and poor childrearing. We finally find gender differentials not only in the constraints faced, but in the coping strategies as well.
It is commonly argued that Central Africa countries need economic growth and gender equality to ensure economic well-being and improve the living standards of the population. This paper, based on the Kuznets curve associated to environmental analysis, aims to analyze the relationship between gender equality and sustainable development. The cross-sectional analysis, with data from 11 countries in Central Africa in 2010, was used. Results find a positive correlation between gender equality and sustainable development. When the Multidimensional poverty index increases, environmental problems reduce, translating the role of gender in sustainable development in all Central Africa countries.JEL Classifications: C23, Q38, Q56
Times-series cross-country approach is used to empirically investigate the relationship between private investment and public investment. We use panel data for the period 1980-2010. Independent variables like public investment, gross domestic product, trade openness, external debt stocks, domestic credit to private sector are integrated in the model. This helps to take into account the impact of gross domestic product, external debts stocks and domestic credit policy on how public investment affects private investment. Empirical results of this paper demonstrate that these independent variables (except, credit to private sector) are significant at 1% level and that the associate parameter η is equal to -66.972 means that public investment negatively affect private investment. Public investment crowds out private investment. There is a substitution effect between private investment and public investment. Improvements in public expenditures may not directly increase private investment.
Migration is a human phenomenon that has intensified during the past several decades, reflecting the dynamics of societies and upholding the fact of its being an eternal human phenomenon. Remittances are a form of showing the attachment the migrant has with the country of origin, and one of the most visible and beneficial aspects of how international migration is reshaping the countries of origin. The hypothesis investigated by this study is that diaspora remittances to Francophone Africa south of the Sahara contribute to finance basic social services and infrastructures. A descriptive approach, based on literature review and secondary data shows how the contribution of diaspora remittances is filling the gap in the provision of social services that official sources cannot fill.
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