Beyond Family Remittances

Assessing the Prospects of Alternative Approaches to “Remittances for Development” in Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9953580
AutoresTeke Ngomba (Aarhus University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume50
Fascículos1
Data de publicação2010-10-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00651.x
OpenAlexW1508872014
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas19

This article examines the remittance patterns of Cameroonians residing in Aarhus, Denmark and discusses the findings in relation to those from earlier studies on migrants’ remittances. Based on analyses of the inclination of these Cameroonians to support development projects in Cameroon, it is argued that a strengthened partnership between local non‐state actors in Cameroon and the Cameroonian diaspora will significantly improve the role remittances can play in the country’s development. The article also highlights the framework, benefits and challenges of such potential partnership and suggests ways in which remittances from the Cameroonian diaspora in particular and African migrants in general, could be effectively channelled beyond migrants’ families to further the continent’s development drive

Development economics · Diaspora · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Political science · Remittance · State (computer science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · International Development and Aid · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics