Essays about: "international migration, remittances"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words international migration, remittances.

  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. Remittances - A Tool for Democratization? A Global Study on Protests and Remittance Flows

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Elias Jbari; Vasu Gandhi; [2021]
    Keywords : remittances; economic development; international migration; structure and scope of government;

    Abstract : Can remittances function as a tool to overthrow political regimes? This paper aims to answer that question while performing an in-depth analysis of the relation between protests and remittances. Remittances refer to the international money flows from emigrants to their relatives in the country of origin. 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. 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

  6. 5. The role of financial inclusion - a labour mirgration perspective - A study from Bangladesh

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Michael Steele; Amanda Stenström; [2018-09-28]
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    Abstract : This paper analyzes the impact of financial inclusion on international migration and sending remittances within Bangladesh. The data is taken from a household survey, conducted by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit. The survey covers 17 districts and includes 26.339 observations, 13. READ MORE