Browsing by Author "Fuh, Salome Mankaah"

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    Assessing the migration-development nexus in the Buea community of Cameroon: A study of the social impact of remittances
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Fuh, Salome Mankaah; Koskimaki, Leah
    The inflow of migrant remittances has been an increasing source of financial support to recipients in low and middle-income countries, often through informal channels. Remittances have been viewed as beneficial to migrant families to assist with quality education, health, basic food needs, and to establish developmental projects like building of residences for university students, and hence creating employment. However, remittances provide more than economic and material gains. This thesis brings into light social aspects of remittances such as networking, moral obligations, prestige, promoting and maintaining kinship ties, and altruism, with a critical look at the development concept of wellbeing. Specifically drawing from a case study of Cameroonian migrants living in Cape Town, South Africa and relatives and remittance recipients in the Buea municipality in the South West region of Cameroon, this study has assessed the migrationdevelopment nexus with an emphasis on the social impact of remittances.