Beyond Family Remittances

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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9953580
AutoresTeke Ngomba (Aarhus University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen50
Números1
Fecha de publicación2010-10-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00651.x
OpenAlexW1508872014
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias 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