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AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW
Volume 1 Number 2 May – August 2015
An Evaluation of the Determinants of Remittances: Eviden...

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AHMR
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An Evaluation of the Determinants of Remittances:
Evidence from Nigeria
Temitope J....

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Introduction
International remittances have increasingly grown to become an integra...

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areas. However, the macroeconomic determinants of remittances to Nigeria
remain rel...

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the recipient’s income will increase transfer by 1%. This implies that high
income ...

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that the quantity transferred increases as the quantity of services rendered
increa...

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In another vein, remittances are categorized at the macroeconomic level on
the basi...

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significant relationship between interest rate differentials, Adams (2009)
observed...

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Methodology
The methodological approach utilized is a log specified model. The seri...

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law of supply and the quantity theory of money. These theories posit that
Savings (...

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RR= αo + α1Y + α2CPI +α3DCC + α4DR + α5ER + α6FD + α7IRD + α8SE + α9TT + εt
…(11)
T...

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time. Ideally, it is expected that the need to remit will reduce as domestic credit...

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they are of order 1 I(1). The results of the PP unit root test are presented in
Tab...

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domestic credit, first lag of remittance and second lag of income. The other
variab...

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From the result, not much causality exists between the exogenous variables
and remi...

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that in the long run countries grow to a steady state (Barro & Sala-i-Martin,
2004)...

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of domestic interest rate from the international interest rate which in this
study ...

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claiming that openness helped in improving India’s specialization in industries
wit...

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issues and developing economies. Perhaps access to more robust data in
future will ...

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Black, R., Ammassari, S., Mouillesseaux, S. and Rajkotian, R. 2004. Migration
and P...

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Cox, D., Eserb, Z., and Jimenez, E. 1998. Motives for private transfers over the
li...

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Gupta, S., Pattillo, C.A., and Wagh, S. 2009. Effect of remittances on poverty and
...

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Lianos, T.P. 1997. Factors determining migrant remittances: The case of
Greece. Int...

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Omobitan, O.A. 2012. Reconciling international migrants' remittances flow
determina...

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UNCTAD. 2011. Report of the Expert Meeting on Maximizing the Development
Impact of ...

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International Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for
a Global Research Agenda
...

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non-governmental organizations that are dealing with international migration
in sub...

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rural migrants. Third, to dispel the myth that poverty reduction, economic
growth a...

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informed by distinguishable human rights requirements and to identify the
founding ...

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law. This helps promote equality among citizens and brings about sustainable
develo...

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According to UNICEF (2007, cited in Dinbabo (2013)), a human rights based
approach ...

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promoted by Western countries. They suggested an alternative and
transformative mod...

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discrimination, for example, against torture, degrading treatment, or forced
labour...

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migration for employment occurs and labour trafficking, and try to control any
kind...

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Figure 1. The seven principles of a rights-based approach
Source: Adapted from Dinb...

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legislation’, as well as ‘to promote respect for and protection of the rights of
la...

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Convention on the Rights of Migrants; (iv) put in place regional mechanism to
monit...

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Member State for the purpose of seeking employment’ (SADC, 1996)
encountered fierce...

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organisations and churches in communities, and research organizations, in
terms of ...

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…the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 was the
first oc...

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for the furtherance of international migrants’ rights on the continent. For
example...

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migration is not free from pitfalls. According to them, there are problems of
opera...

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The result of the field data assessment demonstrates a great demand for
urgent acti...

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research on the possibility of developing a network of African
researchers.
 Explo...

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standard scientific methodology can be incorporated into the evaluation of
technica...

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de Haas, H., 2010. Migration and development: A theoretical review.
International M...

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approach to labour migration. Available from: http://bit.ly/1eqSRnc
(Accessed on 15...

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Oestreich, J.E., 1998. UNICEF and the implementation of the Convention on the
Right...

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UNHCR, 2010. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Convention
and Protocol...

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Impact of Remittances on Economic Growth: Evidence
from Selected West African Count...

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annum between 1990 and 2000 and 3.6 million per annum from 2010 to 2013.
Migration ...

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Background and Contextualization
In recent times, research on the role of remittanc...

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of Cape Verde live abroad, although some scholars place the figure well above
that,...

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countries wanted to develop, they needed to abandon their traditions, values
and cu...

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developing countries relying on developed countries for their development
(De Haas,...

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an average of 2 million per annum between 1990 and 2000 and 3.6 million per
annum f...

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wide dispersal of Cameroonians in the diaspora which makes it difficult for
them to...

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Figure 2: Trend of remittance inflow and outflow for Cape Verde, 2000–2011
Source: ...

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Figure 3: Trend of remittance inflow and outflow for Nigeria, 2000–2011
Source: Aut...

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Figure 4: Trend of inflow and outflow for Senegal, 2000–2010
Source: Author’s compu...

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Figure 5: Trend of remittance inflow to Cameroon, Cape Verde and Senegal
Source: Au...

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Figure 6: Trend of remittance inflow of Nigeria in comparison with
Cameroon
Cape Ve...

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Figure 7: Trend of remittance outflow of Cameroon, Cape Verde. Nigeria and
Senegal
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although not falling to the extent that it is exceeded by outflows. This finding
ca...

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Table 1: Differences between remittance inflows and outflows from 2000 to
2010 for ...

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GDP of Cameroon** 16.77236 5.485961 9.287368 23.62248
GDP of Cape Verde** 1.110979 ...

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Nigeria can be explained by the increase in exports over the same period (see
Ukeje...

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is the lack of banking infrastructure and the belief that money sent back home
is u...

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(see Orozco et al., 2010; Randazzo & Piracha, 2014). It can therefore be
concluded ...

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Recommendations
Focusing on the findings of this study, the following recommendatio...

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Cisse, F. 2011. Senegal. In: Mohapatra, S & Ratha, D (Eds.). Remittances and the
Ma...

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Ngome, I. and Mpaka, J. 2009. Cameroon: In-flow of remittances (online). From
<http...

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So, A. 1990. Social Change and Development. London: Sage Publications.
Taylor, J. a...

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World Bank. 2014a. Migration and Development Brief. Issue 23. Washington
D.C.: Worl...

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Failed Asylum Seekers in South Africa: Policy and
Practice
Corey Johnson
Abstract
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country were treated as illegal aliens subject to deportation without
consideration...

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lodge asylum claims to temporarily and imperfectly legalise their sojourn. This
str...

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implementation of both of these policies are driven by a lack of capacity within
th...

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systems that require that state actions adhere to recognised norms and
standards. U...

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goal of returning the individual to their country of origin. Although there is
evid...

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documentation arrangements), and, if necessary, activities securing the
cooperation...

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of migration control' and early versions of the Immigration Act stated that in
the ...

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the holder contravenes the conditions on the permit or receives a final
rejection o...

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detention’ (1997, p. 661). In Ulde v Minister of Home Affairs the SCA confirmed
tha...

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further study in 2012 found that roughly half of respondents did not know
anything ...

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lack of assistance provided by officials at RROs in explaining the process or
under...

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address crises (the presence of foreign nationals) that threatens the state. The
st...

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sanctions its officials engaging in extra-legal practices that prevent foreigners
f...

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individuals who believe their asylum claim has not been handled as required
by law,...

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thereby allowing for asylum seekers to reside in society at large for ‘many
years’ ...

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practically impossible for a person to finalise their affairs if necessary (p. 18)....

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While the implementation of the Tshianda SOP might not require a
considerable incre...

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options with relaxed conditions for low-skilled migrants may reduce the
burden on t...

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reprioritisation is that it becomes focused on exclusionary practices such as
depor...

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Republic of South Africa. 1997. Draft Green Paper on International Migration.
Gover...

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Amit, R. 2009. National Survey of the Refugee Reception and Status
Determination Sy...

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<http://www.migration.org.za/uploads/docs/report‐37.pdf> (Retrieved May
31, 2015).
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Department of Home Affairs. 2014. Speaking notes, Minister of Home Affairs
Naledi P...

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Khan, F. 2013. Reunification of the Refugee Family in South Africa: A Legal
Right? ...

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Noll, G. 1999b. Rejected Asylum Seekers: The Problem of Return.
International Migra...

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Torpey, J. 1997. Coming and Going: On the State Monopolization of the
Legitimate 'M...

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