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Title:Sub-Region Differentials in Migration and Remittances in Zimbabwe between 1988-90 and 1996-98
Author:Ranga, DickISNI
Year:2003
Periodical:Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775)
Volume:19
Issue:2
Period:June
Pages:55-73
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Subjects:migration
capital movements
regional disparity
Labor and Employment
Economics and Trade
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
Drought and Desertification
Urbanization and Migration
rural development
Migrant remittances
history
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v019/19.2ranga.pdf
Abstract:In Zimbabwe, while some regions are agriculturally developed others are drought prone and poor. It is the study's argument that such drought-prone areas are not for ever poor and underdeveloped. On the contrary, when agriculture becomes impractical, people can engage in other activities, migration and remittances being one of them. The study employed the household questionnaire, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to collect data and logistic regression analytical model to asses subregional differentials in the likelihood to remit to households of origin. The study was carried out in two communal lands, namely Matshetsheni in Gwanda district, Matabeleland South province, and Nyamaropa in Nyanga district, Manicaland province. The results confirmed expectations that migration and remittances are necessary in a drought-prone region and, therefore, should be more organized. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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