Search Results - "remittance"

Monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Food vendors - June and July 2020 survey round by Minten, Bart, Oo, Than Zaw, Headey, Derek D., Lambrecht, Isabel B., Goudet, Sophie

“…A major contributor to increased food insecurity in Myanmar is the reduction of income among vulnerable populations (Diao et al. 2020), partly due to significant declines in remittances in the country (Diao and Wang 2020). In addition, disruptions to food marketing systems and changes in farm and consumer prices could also turn out to be major drivers of food insecurity. …”
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Health insurance, a friend in need? Impacts of formal insurance and crowding out of informal insurance by Geng, Xin, Janssens, Wendy, Kramer, Berber, van der List, Marijn

“…For this latter group, health insurance increases healthcare utilization at formal clinics and does not crowd out gifts and remittances during weeks with health shocks. These findings provide guidance for insurance schemes aiming to target the most vulnerable populations.…”
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Economic and Environmental Drivers of Migration: Insights from Rural Cambodia by HQ, WorldFish

“…Migration provides essential remittances but highlights systemic vulnerabilities. …”
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Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand by Murzakulova, A., Dessalegn, Mengistu, Phalkey, N.

“…The disruptions in migration and remittances have had a profound impact on migrants and migrant-sending households. …”
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Financial inclusion choices in post-conflict and fragile states of Africa: the case of Burundi by Atta-Aidoo, J., Bizoza, S., Saleh, A.O., Matthew, E.C.

“…The analysis also reveals that, factors such as receipt of government transfers, receipt of remittances, education, membership of a social network, access to electricity, employment status, and area of residence influence both the probability and intensity/extent of adoption of the instruments of financial inclusion. …”
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Egypt Integrated Household Survey, 1997-1999 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Topics include household information, housing characteristics, access to facilities, migration, subsidized food expenses, all food expenses, non-food expenses, health, anthropometrics, maternity history, childcare, wage employment, farming, livestock ownership, non-farm enterprises, credit and savings, remittances and transfers, and other income. In addition to the household level data, data were collected on the overall characteristics of the community/villages containing the surveyed households. …”
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001–2011 by Headey, Derek D., Hoddinott, John F.

“…Other factors, such as rapid growth in migration-based remittances, are more a reflection of household responses to changing political and economic circumstances.…”
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Factors influencing household and women's dietary diversity in migrant households in central Nepal by Gartaula, Hom Nath, Atreya, Kishor, Kattel, Kanchan, Rahut, Dil Bahadur

“…The influence of the amount of remittances, land abandonment, and women confined to the house by household chores are some factors that policy makers should consider seriously in designing gender-sensitive nutrition policies. …”
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Income diversification and the rural non-farm economy by Paudel, Susan, Filipski, Mateusz J., Minten, Bart

“…We find evidence of extensive diversification: rural households are generating about 25 percent of their income on the farm; the remaining income comes from wage labor (34 percent), non-agricultural businesses (27 percent), and about 15 percent from passive sources (remittances and others). More than half of rural households engage in non-farm activities. …”
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Revitalized agriculture for balanced growth and resilient livelihoods: Toward a rural development strategy for Mon State by Center for Economic and Social Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, Michigan State University

“…Furthermore, the dynamic sectors are heavily dependent on remittances from migrants to neighboring countries. …”
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Irrigation systems management in Nepal: women’s strategies in response to migration-induced challenges by Suhardiman, Diana, Raut, Manita, Pradhan, P., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…This paper illustrates how the interplay between existing gender norms, male migration, remittances, and alternative sources of male labour influence women’s agency and WUA decision-making processes in Nepal. …”
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Impact of prime-age adult mortality on labor supply: Evidence from adolescents and women in South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Buthelezi, Thabani, Velia, Myriam

“…Households can respond to an increase in mortality among prime-age adults in many ways—they can utilize government grants and formal insurance; engage in some ex ante and ex post risk coping/mitigating strategies (e.g., borrowing or tapping on remittances) to buffer shocks; and/or develop foster-care arrangements or income diversification strategies (including labor supply). …”
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Agriculture and climate change: Adaptation to climate change: Household impacts and institutional responses by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…In low-income settings, where formal insurance and government supports are limited, households tend to rely on informal coping strategies, such as transfers from friends and neighbors, remittances, or investments in a diverse range of assets, from livestock to human capital. …”
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Income aspirations and migration: Evidence from rural Tajikistan by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Lambrecht, Isabel B., Akramov, Kamiljon T.

“…Given the prominence of migration in the study area, this also suggests that remittances commonly serve different purposes than farm or non-farm investments — such as supporting households in their day-to-day expenditures or funding major ritual events.…”
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Household’s livelihood trajectories in the context of man-made and natural disasters : a case study from Swat, Pakistan by Shah, Aliman

“…The factors which enable coping households to maintain their livelihood security are international remittances, wealth, more male worker, government jobs and political connections. …”

When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam by Simelton, Elisabeth, Tuan, M.D., Houzer, E.

“…In areas with a higher-risk adaptation strategy (Ha Tinh), farming was planned for longer absences; thus decisions remained largely unchanged. Remittances invested into agriculture contributed to shortening the recovery period after disasters and, in some cases, diversifying farming systems. …”
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Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy by Rozelle, Scott, Rahimi, Heather, Wang, Huan, Dill, Eve

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The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan by Slavchevska, Vanya, Hillesland, Marya, Mane, Erdgin, Doss, Cheryl

“…The impacts of migration on empowerment depend on the context, whether the household receives remittances or owns land, and women’s position within the household.…”
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Ethiopia's Land Rental Market Partners Survey, 2019 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The questionnaire modules cover household characteristics, land use (crop production), input use, labor, livestock ownership, shocks, off-fam employment, access to credit, ownership of productive equipment’s and remittances. This dataset, combined with the main FtF end-line 2018 data, enables to assess land rental market interactions between landlords and tenants.…”
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Linking migration, HIV/AIDS and urban food security in Southern and Eastern Africa by Crush, Jonathan, Frayne, Bruce, Grant, Miriam

“…While urban to rural remittances has been the predominant direction of commodity and cash transfers, benefiting the rural household economy, this dynamic is changing, with direct food transfers from rural households to urban households on the rise, as part of the migration and urbanization processes.…”
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