Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa

Maty Konte · Linguère Mously Mbaye

listopad 2020 · Routledge

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This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa. It makes evidence-based policy recommendations on migration to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

The key themes examined are migration and remittances, and their relations with the following issues: economic transformation, education and knowledge, corruption and conflict. Cross-cutting issues such as gender equality and youth are weaved throughout the chapters, and a rich range of country contexts are presented. The volume also discusses challenges in managing migration flows.

It will be of interest to advanced students, academics and policy makers in development economics and sustainable development.

O autorovi

Maty Konte is Research Fellow and lecturer in economics at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and Research Scholar at Columbia University in New York City. She is also an affiliated faculty at the African School of Economics in Benin, and Research Fellow at the Global Labor Organisation.

Linguère Mously Mbaye is a Senior Research Economist at the African Development Bank in Côte d’Ivoire. She is also Research Affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Global Labor Organisation.