The impact of Covid-19 on international migration and remittances in developing countries
| dc.contributor.author | Zihindula, Awa | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Okon, keminiabasi Eyita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-14T06:58:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-14T06:58:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-03-20 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (e-Science) to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | International migration from developing countries and remittances to those same countries have risen steadily over time due to various factors. Remittance is a source of income for most developing countries. Both sending and receiving countries benefit from migration. However, shocks such as natural crises, pandemics and epidemics (COVID-19 and Ebola) have devastated the economy worldwide, with a high unemployment rate and lower income. This research report aimed to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on migration and remittances in developing countries to establish the relationship between inflow remittances and migration outflow controlling for other factors (such as unemployment rate, internet access, economic growth and GDP growth). World Bank data and UNDESA data were used in the study. However, the developing countries were dichotomized as African and non_African countries for an in-depth analysis. The study employed multiple regression model to identify the associations between variables. Results of the study found that in African countries before and during COVID-19, there was no significant relationship between migration outflow and inflow of remittances. Furthermore, the control variables did not have an effect on the dependent variable. For non-African countries, the result shows that COVID-19 did significantly affect the relationship between inflow remittances and migration outflow; when migration outflow increases, there is a decrease in remittances inflow. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | NTTP | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Witwatersrand institution | |
| dc.description.submitter | GM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Zihindula, Awa. (2023). The impact of Covid-19 on international migration and remittances in developing countries [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/42459 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2024 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | School of Social Sciences | |
| dc.subject | Migration, migrants, remittances, Covid-19 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-10: Reduced inequalities | |
| dc.title | The impact of Covid-19 on international migration and remittances in developing countries | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |