Gender, Remittances and Development: Preliminary Findings From Selected SADC Countries

Author: Tim Hughes, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

Publisher: UN-INSTRAW

Publication Date: April 3, 2008

Publisher Website: http://www.un-instraw.org/

Language: en

Category: Africa, Advocacy and Research Groups, Southern Africa, Women and Gender, Sustainable Development, Economy, Business and Finance

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This Study is the result of collaboration between UN-INSTRAW and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Though there is no scarcity of research on migration in SADC, existing research is highly weighted towards understanding male migration to the mining and agricultural sectors in South Africa, which has left significant gaps in information and analysis. Some of these gaps are the focus of the present study. The incipient state of gender-based analyses of the impact of migration and remittances on development in SADC meant that the first priority of the collaboration between UN-INSTRAW and SAIIA was a review and analysis of existing literature. This study offers a general overview: firstly, of migration in SADC (migratory patterns, strategies and reasons behind migration and the different types of flows); secondly, of remittances flows (values, transfer mechanisms, monetary or goods remittances, frequency and quantities, particular flows such as from mining workers, impacts on recipient households and their role at the national and regional levels); thirdly, of the African (migration policies), SADC (migration and gender policies), and national (migration, citizenship and refugee policies) political contexts; and fourthly, of the links between HIV/AIDS, migratory flows and remittances.

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