posted on 2024-09-05, 21:52authored byJoseph Kofi Teye
While migration is an important livelihood strategy adopted by individuals and households to improve living standards, there are contesting views on its effects on the welfare of the migrant households in migrant sending areas and
socioeconomic development in migrant sending areas. Despite the recognition that migration can contribute to improved livelihoods and socioeconomic development, there is a general paucity of data on migration patterns and the relationship between migration and the wellbeing
of migrants’ households. In Africa, most of the
earlier studies on migration patterns and effects
have focused on international migration, even
though internal migration is more pervasive in the
region. While a few researchers have examined the
welfare impacts of internal migration in some African
countries, these assessments are largely based on
cross-sectional data. Relying on panel data generated
as part of the Migrating out of Poverty (MOOP) research project, this Policy Brief examines changes in migration and remittance patterns of households interviewed in rural Ghana in 2015 and 2018.
Funding
DFID
History
Publisher
Migrating out of Poverty
Citation
Teye, J.K. (2019) Changing Patterns of Migration and Remittances in Rural Ghana, Migrating out of Poverty Policy Brief August 2019