International Migration, Remittances and Sustainable Livelihoods: The Case of Chivi District

Autor:	Admire Thonje, Gracsious Ncube
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Economic growth Political science Development economics Brain drain Livelihood South eastern
Zdroj:	IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 19:98-107
ISSN:	2279-0837 2279-0845
DOI:	10.9790/0837-196798107
Popis:	Literature on Zimbabwean migrants, migration and development has burgeoned in recent years. Mainly concerned with generalisations of migration patterns and behaviour, whether migrants remit, how much they remit, what channels they use and to what use the remittances are put, the literature assumes that remittances from various demographic profiles of migrants make similar contributions. Such conceptualisation is both erroneous and misleading as there are different contributions from males and females, the youth and older persons and from the brain drain as opposed to brawn drain. Focusing on youth migrants from Ward 21 of Chivi district in south eastern Zimbabwe, this article argues that remittances from youths contribute to household livelihoods in the short term but are largely not relevant for sustainable livelihoods.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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