Azam, Jean-Paul; Gubert, Flore - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
This paper reviews some of the microeconomic evidence concerning migration and remittances in Africa. After a brief …. The paper makes two main points. First, migration cannot be understood as an individual decision, but must instead be … best offspring away with a view to diversify its risks and to build a social network. Then, remittances are to a large …