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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
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/sm.2011.13016
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 | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) > Warwick Evidence Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| 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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| 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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