Gender, Migration and Remittances in Ghana An Overview

Amoako, Esther Ekua; Apusigah, Agnes Atia

doi:10.4314/gjds.v10i1-2.2

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“…Female-headed households invested higher amount of the cash remittances received in agriculture than the male-headed households. This is expected because women migrants generally earn less than their men counterparts and this makes them more likely to send remit less than their male migrants (Amoako and Apusigah, 2013). These finding supports earlier studies in Philippines, Vietnam, Morocco and Germany where female migrants also remitted less money home than their counterparts (Le Goff, 2016;Bouoiyour and Miftah, 2015;Holst et al, 2012).…”

Section: Determinants Of Migrationsupporting

confidence: 83%

Migration and Agricultural Investment in Southeast, Nigeria

Onyeneke¹,

Nwajiuba²,

Munonye³

et al. 2019

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This study explored rural-urban migration and agricultural investment in Southeast Nigeria. The study adopted a multi-stage sampling procedure in the selection of respondents. Cross-sectional data gathered from 200 household heads (100 male-headed households and 100 female-headed households) were used. Using percentage, mean and ordinary least square regression, the findings revealed that the major determinants of migration were sex of the household head (3.53), male to female ratio of household members not resident at home (14.86), age (0.50), access to credit (10.53), number of migrants in the working age (2.6), occupation (11.56) and number of livelihood activities pursued by the household (1.87). The average annual remittance from male migrants in maleheaded households was N204,269.3 while that of their female counterparts was N161,297.76. The average annual remittance from male migrants in femaleheaded households was N189,282.9 while that of their female counterparts was N170,297.8. The average amount of remittance invested in agriculture in maleheaded households was N131,334.8 while that of their female counterparts was Creative Commons User License: CC BY-NC-ND

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Section: Determinants Of Migrationsupporting

confidence: 83%

Migration and Agricultural Investment in Southeast, Nigeria

Onyeneke¹,

Nwajiuba²,

Munonye³

et al. 2019

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“…To cite an example, Steinbrink (2010) attributes the flow of money, cultural identity and livelihoods to complexities of the rural-urban imbalance or inequality ascribed to the persistent mobile community settings. The historic traditional 'walk to the mine' of African males in Southern Africa, gives rise to remittance arrangement to support households back home (Adaawen & Owusu, 2013;Amoako & Apusigah, 2013;Lohnert & Steinbrink, 2005;Mayer & Mayer, 1971;Sana & Massey, 2005;Stark, 1991;Stark & Lucas, 1988;Steinbrink, 2010). The remittance arrangement common in a migratory labour setting by its nature may not always be able to improve earned income of mineworkers, and may aggravate issues with fathers back home squandering the hard-earned monies sent by their sons (Abdul-Korah, 2011;Kwankye;2012 Serbeh et al, 2015).…”

Section: Capacity Development Enablers and Disablers In The Context Local Governmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the use of a collaborative municipal owned cooperation with the private sector could encourage the transfer of skills and heighten competitive public-private partnership that Recent literature hones in on inter-municipal co-operation (Allers & de Greef, 2018;Soukopová & Vaceková , 2018), employee pursuance of public interest (Huang & Feeney, 2016) and political elitism (Busse & Gröning, 2013;Hoyos, 2019). On the other hand earlier studies delve on rural-urban nexus (Lohnert & Steinbrink, 2005;Steinbrink, 2010) and remittance system (Adaawen & Owusu, 2013;Amoako & Apusigah, 2013;Lohnert & Steinbrink, 2005;Mayer & Mayer, 1971;Sana & Massey, 2005;Stark, 1991). Literature advances similar, dissimilar and contrasting arguments in relation to the impediments and facilitators of capacity development from different contexts.…”

Section: Capacity Development Enablers and Disablers In The Context Local Governmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Government Capacity Development: A Case Study of a South African District Municipality

Mphahlele¹,

Zandamela

2021

JPAG

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Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (BPDM), in the North West Province is endowed with the extractive economy. The District experiences challenges of capacity development of service delivery structures and programmes. It is in this context that this paper explains how local government responses to challenges of capacity development in the District Municipality. In addition, the paper explores ways in which they can be overcome for enhanced service delivery. The purpose of this study is to examine challenges related to the use of capacity development structures and programmes related to service delivery and explores how to overcome them. The study examines the structures and programmes, facilitators and inhibitors of skills development and performance initiatives within the context of local government capacity development. This study develops a theoretical framing incorporating scholarship on human capital and performance improvement in the context of local government. This framing is premised on the scholarly evidence that capacity development is an enabler of service delivery, influenced by skills development and municipal performance improvement. The research is a single case qualitative case study approach and employs an interpretative paradigm. The paper employs senior managers in the municipalities as the unit of analysis. That study reveals that there are difficulties associated with skills retention and organisational relations. In conclusion, political abandonment, poor communication and stakeholder engagements contribute to weakened inter-municipal co-operation and inadequate use of resources. The interface between learning and skills development contributes to the body knowledge.

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“…She argues that people's experiences of gender are central to the patterns, causes, and impacts of migration and that gender affects how people are able to contribute to and benefit from the migration process and enhance social and economic development. Research shows that, internal migration in Ghana is dominated by north-south migratory flow, mainly dominated by young girls and women in their procreative years, with many having little or no formal education (Awumbila and Ardayfio-Schandorf 2008;Amoako and Apusigah 2013). Further, most internal migrants are in their youthful stages with majority falling within the ages of 12-35 (Yeboah et al 2015).…”

Section: Literature On Migration and Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature on migration in Ghana shows majority of internal migrants in Ghana are from the north. (Awumbila and Ardayfio-Schandorf 2008;Amoako and Apusigah 2013). Thus, it was not surprising that majority of the respondents were from northern Ghana.…”

Section: Research Design and Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inequalities and realities in migration: key urban challenges faced by internal migrants in Ghana

Aboagye

2021

SN Soc Sci

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Most migrants in Ghana have become vulnerable to key urban challenges, but differences in how they cope with these challenges are largely unexplored. The study analyzes the magnitude, differential vulnerability, and the coping strategies among three categories of internal migrants using a mixed method approach. A total of 310 migrants were selected using a snowball sampling method. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to summarize and explain the survey results whilst the responses from the qualitative data were thematically analyzed. The study outcome shows that over 70% of the internal migrants do not have secure employment, income, and shelter arrangement and over 84% do not take 3 meals a day. Further, migrants from northern Ghana were found to be the most financially insecure with a mean income of 255.6 Ghana cedis a month. Mean average number of meals taken was also 1.47 among the internal migrants from northern Ghana and this was the lowest. A survey outcome on coping strategies shows wide variation with most migrant having strong social capital and weak financial capital. Results of four hypotheses test to compare the statistical significance of differences in coping with accommodation, employment, income, and feeding challenges among the three groups of internal migrants showed that there is a significant relationship between region of origin and key urban challenges. The study also found that some of the reasons for the differential vulnerability to key urban challenges included level of formal education and length of stay in the study area. The study recommends effective institutional policy and strategy to address the differential challenges facing internal migrants in Ghana.

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Gender, Migration and Remittances in Ghana An Overview

Abstract: Remittances have become an important source for socio-economic equalizing and leveraging for many households and nations of the developing world. The

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Migration and Agricultural Investment in Southeast, Nigeria

Migration and Agricultural Investment in Southeast, Nigeria

Local Government Capacity Development: A Case Study of a South African District Municipality

Inequalities and realities in migration: key urban challenges faced by internal migrants in Ghana

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