Impact Des Transferts Des Migrants Sur La Pauvreté Au Sénégal

Impact of international workers' remittances on poverty in Senegal

Youssoupha Diagne and Fatou Diane

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Abstract: This paper deals with the effects of migrants remittances on poverty in Senegal. Data were extracted from the Senegalese Households’ survey (ESAMII) for that purpose. Empirical findings based on a microeconomic analysis show that remittances improve significantly households’ per capita expenditures. However, the area and quintiles sub-sampling reveals some discrepancies among households. Per capita expenditures are more responsive to remittances in urban areas with respect to rural ones. The results also indicate that richer households are more affected by remittances. The poverty headcount and poverty gap are reduced in presence of remittance while the severity of poverty is worsened.

Keywords: Senegal; poverty; remittances; household (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 O15 O55 R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-05-10
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