Essays about: "impact of economic remittances on development"

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  1. 1. Out-migration and Remittances: Evaluating the Relationship between Out-migration and Remittances on the Lebanese Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pia Waked; [2022]
    Keywords : Lebanon; Remittances; Diaspora; Out-migration; Brain Drain; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With socio-economic hardships arising and dramatically worsening as a cause of the present-day financial crisis, The World Bank has warned against severe cases of brain drain as emigration becomes increasingly desirable to the Lebanese population. Lebanon, already possessing one of the world’s largest diaspora, can be characterized as being one of the largest remittance-receiving countries, where remittance inflows make up a significant proportion of national GDP. READ MORE

  3. 2. "If I do not provide for my family, who else will?" : A qualitative study on motives behind remittances and the impact it has on Iraqi and Somali migrants in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hodan Abdi; Meysa Ati; [2021]
    Keywords : Remittances; Transnationalism; Motives; and Swedish Migrants;

    Abstract : According to the World Bank’s (2019) latest Migration and Development Brief, remittances to low and middle-income countries reached a record high in 2018. This study examines Swedish migrants’ motives behind remittances and their experience with the social and economic impact of sending remittances. READ MORE

  4. 3. Banking the unbanked: Financial inclusion and economic sustainable development for women? : Decolonial perspectives on the gendered migration-remittances-development nexus

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Heidi Källoff; [2020]
    Keywords : Remittances; the global remittance trend; financial inclusion; economic democratization; sustainable development; austerity; gender mainstreaming; migration management; transnational business feminism; decoloniality; decolonialism;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, a new trend of Global Remittances has emerged within the international development community, especially a growing interest in women’s migration and remittances, and their potential for poverty reduction and economic growth. Due to the staggering amount of transnational money transfers, migrant remittances have become a central component in multilateral discussions on alternative development financing, and has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Remittances for Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific Economies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hong Dao; [2019]
    Keywords : remittance; economic development; economic growth; financial development; financial inclusion; financial inclusion index; APAC; Asia and the Pacific; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : There has been little empirical study of the relationship between remittance inflows and economic growth, especially with a focus in Asia and the Pacific (APAC) region. In this paper, this relationship for 23 APAC economies is examined. READ MORE

  6. 5. European Union Emergency Trust Fund; A Case Study of The Gambia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kitabu Bangura; [2019]
    Keywords : EUTF; backway; remittances; development; aid;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case study that examines the impacts of the European Union Emergency Fund(EUTF) in The Gambia. Using a combination of the Neoclassical theory, New Economics ofLabor Migration theory and Migration Network theory this thesis investigates the impact theEUTF has had on irregular migration in The Gambia locally known as the “back way” to Europe. READ MORE