Angola : a study of the impact of remittances from Portugal and South Africa / Sandra Paola Alvarez Tinajero

Author: Alvarez Tinajero, Sandra Paola
Additional Titles: Study of the impact of remittances from Portugal and South Africa
Published: Geneva, Switzerland : IOM International Organization for Migration, [2009]
Physical Description: 161 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators: International Organization for Migration

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Series

IOM migration research series ; no. 39.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Definition of remittances -- 1.2.Purpose and specific objectives of the study -- 1.3.Methodology -- 1.4.Structure of the document -- 1.5.Summary of findings and recommendations -- 2.Angola: Overview of economic and social context -- 2.1.Background information -- 2.2.Economic context -- 2.3.Social context -- 2.4.Current priorities -- 3.Migration in Angola -- 3.1.Context of migration -- 3.2.Migration from Angola to Portugal -- 3.3.Migration from Angola to South Africa -- 3.4.Main findings -- 4.Angolan senders in Portugal and South Africa: Sociodemographic characteristics -- 4.1.Socio-economic background -- 4.2.Education -- 4.3.Employment and income -- 4.4.Family situation and economic dependants -- 4.5.Main findings -- 5.Characteristics of Angolan migrant-sending/remittance-receiving households -- 5.1.Sociodemographic characteristics -- 5.2.Education and employment -- 5.3.Income -- 5.4.Relationship to migrant relatives -- 5.5.Main findings -- 6.Angolans in Portugal and South Africa: Organization and transnational engagement -- 6.1.Links to Angola and expectations about the future -- 6.2.Organization and transnational engagement -- 6.3.Main findings -- 7.Remittance flows from Portugal and South Africa to Angola -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Officially recorded remittance flows -- 7.3.Characteristics of remittance flows from Portugal and South Africa to Angola: Size, frequency, purpose and longevity -- 7.4.In-kind and domestic remittances -- 7.5.Transfer methods -- 7.6.Remittances' regulatory framework -- 7.7.Remittances' utilization and impact on receiving households in Angola -- 7.8.Main findings -- 8.Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- Annexes -- Annex 1 Select indicators - Angola -- Annex 2 Migrants' former employment in Angola -- Annex 3 Migrants' current employment -- Annex 4 Organizations' activities in Portugal and South Africa -- Annex 5 Stated purposes of remittances from Portugal and South Africa -- Annex 6 Transfer method determinants.

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ISBN

9789211036718

Note

"June 2009"
"In collaboration with IAECAE/MIREX, IOM Lisbon, IOM Luanda, IOM Pretoria and Development Workshop."

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145).

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