Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Konte, Maty; Mbaye, Linguère Mously

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000259759
• Artikelnr.: 60397066

Autorenporträt

Maty Konte is Research Fellow and lecturer in economics at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and Research Scholar at Columbia University in New York City. She is also an affiliated faculty at the African School of Economics in Benin, and Research Fellow at the Global Labor Organisation. Linguère Mously Mbaye is a Senior Research Economist at the African Development Bank in Côte d'Ivoire. She is also Research Affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Global Labor Organisation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Maty Konte and Linguère Mously Mbaye Part I: Migration,
Remittances and Economic Transformation 2. Mobility and 'aid for trade':
Conceptual and empirical links between migration and trade in the African
context Michaella Vanore 3. Migration, innovation, and growth: an African
story? Linguère Mously Mbaye and Massimiliano Tani 4. The Impact of
Internal Migration of Youth in Developing Sustainable Counties in Kenya
Linda Oucho 5. Remittance Prices and Welfare: Evidence from sub-Saharan
Africa Lwanga Elizabeth Nanziri and Paul Gbahabo Part II: Migration,
Remittances, Education and Knowledge 6. Migration, remittances and child
education in Ghana: Evidence from a longitudinal study Victor Cebotari 7.
Diaspora Knowledge Transfer in Sierra Leone and Somaliland Charlotte
Mueller 8. Harnessing social and political remittances for Africa's
development: The case of skilled returnees and skilled return migrant
groups in Ghana Mary Boatemaa Setrana and Kwaku Arhin-Sam 9. The impact of
mobile money on remittance recipients' household welfare and education:
Evidence from Kenya Romain Fourmy Part III: Migration, Remittances and
Corruption and Conflict 10. Remittances and Bribery in Africa Maty Konte
and Gideon Ndubuisi 11. Shaping the migration journey - the role of
corruption Ortrun Merkle, Julia Reinold and Melissa Siegel 12. Do
remittances fuel electoral violence in Africa? Rasmane Ouedraogo and
Sandrine Sourouema Part IV: Challenges in the Management of Migration Flows
13. Mainstreaming the Global Compact on Migration on Irregular Migration in
Africa Linda Oucho 14. Sub-saharan Migration in Transit Countries: The Case
of Morocco Fouzi Mourji,Claire Ricard and Macoura Doumbia 15. Conclusion
Maty Konte and Linguère Mously Mbaye