A Profile of Migrants and Analysis of Remittances In Smallholder Households in the Village of Molalatau-Botswana

Type Working Paper
Title A Profile of Migrants and Analysis of Remittances In Smallholder Households in the Village of Molalatau-Botswana
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2001
URL http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/tropentag/proceedings/2000/Full Papers/Section I/WG d/Hassan Z.pdf
Abstract
At present, migration occurs almost only within the national borders.
About one third of the interviewed families have reported receiving
regular remittances. Remittances went mainly to resource-poor
households, and do represent an important component of the incomes of
the households in the bottom income group. They are found to have an
equalising effect on rural income distribution. Therefore, education, as a
means of attaining a job and income, remains a key livelihood strategy in
rural Botswana. According to the results of the empirical model, the
motivation to remit is induced and tempered altruism.

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