International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and
their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less …

Long established as the leading textbook on migration and used by students and scholars
alike all over the world, this fully revised and updated sixth edition continues to offer an …

The use of mobile phones has increased rapidly in many develo** countries, including in
rural areas. Besides reducing the costs of communication and improving access to …

Rural-to-urban migration is an inherent part of the economic development process, yet it is
relatively understudied in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we attempt to describe the …

We analyze how internal labor migration facilitates shock co** in rural economies.
Employing high-precision satellite data, we identify objective variations in the inundations …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa
inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive …

This book challenges conventional wisdoms both about economic performance and about
policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking …

How does the amount of land that youth expect to inherit affect their migration and
employment decisions? We explore this question in the context of rural Ethiopia using a …

This study examines the ways in which the emerging black middle class make financial
transfers to their direct and indirect families. The colloquial term in South Africa for this …

BACKGROUND Rural out-migration is a common phenomenon in Ethiopia. Several studies
explain migration as the outcome of an individual utility-maximizing decision. This …