Leveraging Migration for Africa

Ratha, Dilip; Mohapatra, Sanket; Özden, Çağlar; Plaza, Sonia; Shaw, William C.; Shimeles, Abede

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“…In 2010, and estimated $40 billion in remittances were received in Africa. The official aid to Sub--Saharan Africa was 2.2 percent of GDP, while remittances accounted for 3.7 percent of GDP (Ratha et al, 2011). Remittances are larger than the private capital flows such as portfolio debt and equity flows.…”

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“…The governments of remittance--receiving countries also see migrants as potential investors in their economy, but this possibility is highly dependent on policies regarding immigration (Haas, 2005). Remittances are also a source for long--term development projects such as infrastructure and low--income housing (Ratha et al, 2011). By using this form of income to build low--income homes, the living conditions of many families are improved greatly.…”

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“…Households receiving remittances also have better access to technology as well as banking systems. All of this is possible because a considerable amount of the remittances received by a developing country is invested in human and physical capital such as education, health, land, housing, starting a business, improving farms and purchasing agricultural equipment (Ratha et al, 2011). Although the technology for the transfer of remittances has improved, Sub--Saharan Africa has the highest amount of unrecorded remittances.…”

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“…Although in South Africa this is a major source of income for the economy due to their richness in oil and minerals, for Sub--Saharan countries, remittances represent "a lifeline to the poor" (Ratha et al, 2011).…”

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“…At the microeconomic level, remittances contribute to the reduction of household poverty. While at the macroeconomic level, remittances represent a secure form of income during times of economic instability because this form of income depends on economies that are not as volatile as economies from developing countries (Ratha, Mohapatra, Ozden, Plaza, Shaw, & Shimeles, 2011). Although remittances to Sub--Saharan countries contribute a large part of income to households, many studies overlook its importance.…”

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Remittances and poverty alleviation in poor countries

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Remittances sent by migrant workers to their families and friends provide the most tangible and least controversial link between migration and development. A discussion of the developmental impacts of remittances necessarily involves an understanding of migration that precedes remittances. Only 3 percent (about 200 million) of the world's population has migrated to another country; 97 percent of the population have not (United Nations 2010). This implies that migration cannot be a substitute for domestic development and job creation except in the case of very small countries. Of the small fraction of the population that has migrated, over 90 percent have done so for economic reasons, implying that migration is usually beneficial to the employer, the migrant worker, and to the sending and the receiving countries. It also implies that remittances, typically a fraction of a migrant worker's income, are not a “drain” on the host economy.

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Leveraging Migration for Africa

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