Report on Remittances Received in the Year 2006
| Date |
2008-07-01 |
| Country |
Uganda |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
Final report of SRU 2007. |
| Table of contents |
Table of Contents........................................................................................................................................xi
CHAPTER 1.................................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background...............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Remittances: A global perspective..............................................................................................2
1.3 Remittances to Africa..................................................................................................................3
1.4 Remittances-Eastern Africa Perspective.....................................................................................4
1.5 Remittances to Uganda................................................................................................................5
1.5.1 Challenges in Estimation of Workers' Remittances..........................................................7
1.5.2 Workers' Remittance Estimation Procedure......................................................................8
1.6 Regulatory and policy environment............................................................................................9
1.7 Why monitor workers' remittances to Uganda?........................................................................11
1.8 Objectives of the Survey...........................................................................................................11
1.9 Organisation of the Report........................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 2...............................................................................................................................................14
METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................................................14
2.1 The Sampling design.................................................................................................................14
2.2 Sample size determination.........................................................................................................14
2.3 Sample allocation and selection procedure................................................................................14
2.4 Administration of the Survey....................................................................................................15
2.5 Questionnaires & Manual..........................................................................................................16
2.6 Data collection and management...............................................................................................17
2.6.1 Training of field staff....................................................................................................17
2.6.2 Publicity.........................................................................................................................18
2.6.3 Dissemination workshop.............................................................................................18
2.7 Challenges and Limitations on the methodology......................................................................18
2.7.1 Language.......................................................................................................................19
2.7.2 Information disclosure.................................................................................................19
2.7.3 Perception.....................................................................................................................19
2.7.4 Return Visits..................................................................................................................19
2.7.5 Insecurity.......................................................................................................................20
2.8 Chapter Conclusion...................................................................................................................20
CHAPTER 3...............................................................................................................................................21
FINDINGS & ANALYSIS..........................................................................................................................21
3.1 Remittance Beneficiary Households.........................................................................................21
3.2 Socio Demographic Characteristics Of The Recipients............................................................22
3.2.1 Residence Status within Households.........................................................................22
3.2.2 Gender Of Household Members.................................................................................22
3.2.3 Family Relationship......................................................................................................23
3.2.4 Period of stay in the household...................................................................................24
3.2.5 Marital Status.................................................................................................................24
3.2.6 Education of Household Members.............................................................................25
3.2.7 Highest Grade attained................................................................................................25
3.2.8 Occupation of Household Members..........................................................................26
3.2.9 Distribution of Household Workforce.......................................................................27
3.3 Socio Demographic Characteristics Of The Remitters..............................................................28
3.3.1 Relationship to Remitter..............................................................................................29
3.3.2 Period Remitter has lived abroad.....................................................................................30
3.3.3 Age and Gender of Remitter.......................................................................................31
3.3.4 Level of education of Remitters..................................................................................31
3.3.5 Labour Status of Remitters..........................................................................................32
3.3.6 Marital status of Remitters...........................................................................................33
3.3.7 Remitters' Dependant Children..................................................................................33
3.4 Remittances..............................................................................................................................34
3.4.1 Size of Remittances:......................................................................................................34
3.4.2 Frequency of Remittances............................................................................................37
3.4.3 Seasonality of Remittances..........................................................................................38
3.4.4 Source or Origin of Remittances.................................................................................39
3.5 Remittances in Kind:.................................................................................................................41
3.5.1 Frequency of Remittances in kind..............................................................................41
3.5.2 Value of Remittances in kind......................................................................................42
3.5.3 Remittances in Kind by Source Region......................................................................42
3.6 Characteristics of Most Recent Remittances.............................................................................44
3.7 Use of Remittances:...................................................................................................................46
3.7.1 Preferred Use of Remittances..........................................................................................48
3.8 Perceived Impact of Remittances on Beneficiary Households..................................................49
3.9 Remittances Channels...............................................................................................................51
3.9.1 Preferred Remittance Channels..................................................................................53
3.10 Chapter Conclusion...................................................................................................................54
CHAPTER 4...............................................................................................................................................55
CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................................................55
4.1 Size of remittances....................................................................................................................55
4.2 Remittances in kind...................................................................................................................56
4.3 Source of Remittances...............................................................................................................57
4.4 Remittance Channels.................................................................................................................58
4.5 Use of Remittances....................................................................................................................58
4.6 Lessons learnt /Areas of focus for the next Survey...................................................................59
References..................................................................................................................................................61
Appendix 1: Sampling Procedure....................................................................................................................i
Appendix 2 Household Questionnaire............................................................................................................v
Appendix 3: Community Questionnaire..............................................................................................xiii
Appendix 3: Survey Team.................................................................................................................xviii
Appendix 4 Up-rated estimate of workers remittances from Survey Data..................................................xix |
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