The Effect of Remittances on Education in Togo

Mawuena, Kokouvi Kunalè; Okey, Mawussé Komlagan Nézan

doi:10.4236/tel.2021.116081

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“…Nevertheless, remittances can also result in a negative impact on education because children are forced to be a part of the labor force to compensate for their absent parents [21][22][23]. However, most scholars have uncovered a positive influence of remittances on education [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51], although the correlation between remittances and education is unclear. A weak positive effect of remittances on educational attainment discovered by this study is compatible with the related empirical literature.…”

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“…and can affect educational attainment through diverse channels, but the net effect of remittances on education is unclear in theoretical terms [20][21][22][23]. Nevertheless, most scholars studying the interplay between remittances and education have established the positive influence of remittances on education [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. However, Bucheli et al [20], Hapsari [52], and Kumar [53] demonstrated that remittances had a negative influence on education.…”

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“…Mawuena and Okey [50] studied the effects of remittances on the education of the recipient households in Togo via the logit model. They discovered that remittances positively influenced the education level of the recipients.…”

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Education is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations and is also a vital factor for nearly all the other SDGs. Therefore, factors underlying educational attainment are crucial for achieving the SDGs by 2030. In this context, the financial system has become critical in building various schools and covering educational expenditures such as teachers’ salaries, teaching materials, and training. This paper uses static and dynamic regression methods to study the impact of financial sector development, remittances, real GDP per capita, information and communications technologies (ICT) development, and globalization on educational attainment in 18 emerging economies over the 2000–2020 period. The results indicate that financial development, remittances, real GDP per capita, ICT development, and globalization positively impact educational attainment. Real GDP per capita, ICT development, globalization, and financial development have the highest impact of these factors. In contrast, remittances have a limited positive influence on educational attainment compared with other variables.

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“…These female migrants are now becoming significant contributors to remittances and contributing to their home countries' economic development (Balderas & Blackburn, 2013). Similarly, Mawuena and Okey (2021) agree that migrant remittances have a positive impact on the lives of many families. Remittances are sent for specific assignments which they realize.…”

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Women Taking Agency through Feminized Migration Patterns and Remittances: Socio-Economic Experiences of Migrant Street Vendors, Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal-South Africa

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Magwaza²

2023

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Background: This anthropological paper contributes empirical findings which reveal that feminized migration patterns have allowed women to migrate from different parts of Southern Africa to trade as illegal street vendors in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where they have earned remittances "their financial agency". This economic/financial agency has shaped their resilience and has lowered their dependency on their husbands. Methodology: This study was guided by a qualitative phenomenological research design. Sampling: The study recruited twenty foreign women trading on the Pietermaritzburg through the purposive-snowballing sampling technique. Study Findings: This paper reveals that even though patriarchy and other structural issues have excluded African women, Pietermaritzburg streets have allowed foreign women to generate daily earnings which are between R1050 to R2500 per day through street vending amid many daily challenges. Earned remittances have changed their families' socioeconomic statuses. Families have afforded basic survival needs such as food, school fees, medical care and clothing, which have been celebrated by their children and families. Through remittances, poverty no longer has the face of their families. Study Conclusion: This paper recognises that Pietermaritzburg streets as full of economic possibilities for foreign street vending women. Study Contribution: We contribute street vending a new context to the feminized migration literature which African women have entered into to generate remittances in South Africa to escape rife poverty.

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The Effect of Remittances on Education in Togo

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Impact of Financial Development and Remittances on Educational Attainment within the Context of Sustainable Development: A Panel Evidence from Emerging Markets

Impact of Financial Development and Remittances on Educational Attainment within the Context of Sustainable Development: A Panel Evidence from Emerging Markets

Women Taking Agency through Feminized Migration Patterns and Remittances: Socio-Economic Experiences of Migrant Street Vendors, Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal-South Africa

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