remittances are not an effective measure for poverty reduction in the short‐run in Vietnam.  …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of international remittances on different household … members. It examines how international remittances are spent for production and consumption by receiving households. Design …

services by migrants in Qatar. The hypothesis is that there are important synergies between telecommunications and remittances …. Migrants with greater telecom access may have higher demand for remittances, because more frequent communication with relatives … remittances.  …

Summary The relationship between migration and development processes in migrants’ countries of origin has been subject … to extensive scrutiny in the last decade by researchers and policy-makers. Migrants’ remittances have been fore … the fact that migration and remitting are often entangled in processes of violent conflict and political upheaval is often …

Summary This article poses three questions about the recent resurgence of academic and policy interest in migration …, development and diasporas. First, over many years the connection between migration and development has been of marginal interest … for many of those involved in the field of development studies; in many cases, where it has been considered, migration has …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural … to examine the impacts of rural out‐migration on agricultural productivity in various farming systems, and whether … productivity by applying the new economics of labor migration model in the context of north‐west China. The specific objectives are …

migration from the South; may worsen the state of poverty in Europe, particularly on the immigrants and impact on the workforce …, in addressing the issues of poverty and migration within the industrialised countries of Europe. The research argues that …, unlikely to reduce migration flows to Europe. While there is still a “wide development gap” between the poor countries of …

migration, namely stock of international migrants and the ratio of personal remittances received to personal remittances paid …Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of migration on economic growth and human development in …, namely that social expenditure, domestic investment, financial inclusion, income inequality, income and human poverty are …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how parental migration due to poverty affects a child’s education … given the level of the human capital, reducing the child’s burden of housework and promoting parental migration to high …

-to-urban migration has contributed to decreasing poverty and income distribution, it has also had side effects for the urban and rural … and decreasing poverty) has influenced the pattern of regional inequalities in Peninsular Malaysia. Although rural … population. In the urban areas, these include urban poverty, housing problems and a high influx of foreign workers; in the rural …

Purpose More than half of the Mexican population lives in poverty. While there are many studies about poverty in Mexico … and transitory poverty in Mexico as well as their possible determinants. The study findings can be used by the government … to design and implement public policies to alleviate both chronic and transient poverty in Mexico.  …