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Remittances from internal migration and poverty in Botswana

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Campbell, Eugene K. and Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin (2011) Remittances from internal migration and poverty in Botswana. Sociology Mind, Vol.1 (No.3). pp. 130-137. doi:10.4236/sm.2011.13016 ISSN 2160-083X.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/sm.2011.13016

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Abstract

This study seeks to address the question of the existence of a relationship between remittances from internal la-bour migrants and poverty. Data was obtained from a stratified random sample survey of internal migrants and poverty in Botswana in 2004. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the migrants. A total of 1160 migrant households were enumerated. The lived poverty index method is used to estimate the level of pov-erty. It takes the social aspect of development into consideration, thereby reducing the limitations of the eco-nomic measurement of poverty. Logistic regression analysis is used to examine the remittance-poverty relation-ship. Though female-headed households are transitorily poorer than their male counterparts, there is no signifi-cant gender difference among the extremely poor. The results do not show conclusively that migrant remittances have moderating effect on poverty in the country. Policy implications are addressed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) > Warwick Evidence
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Migration, Internal -- Botswana, Poverty -- Botswana, Migrant remittances -- Botswana
Journal or Publication Title: Sociology Mind
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 2160-083X
Official Date: July 2011
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July 2011Published
Volume: Vol.1
Number: No.3
Page Range: pp. 130-137
DOI: 10.4236/sm.2011.13016
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Botswana. Dept. for International Development (DFID), Southern African Migration Project (SAMP)

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