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Remittances, poverty reduction and the informalisation of household wellbeing in Zimbabwe

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  • Sarah Bracking
  • Lloyd Sachikonye

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This report is a summary of the data collected in fieldwork for an overall research project on the poverty reducing effects of migrant remittances, and their effects on the informalisation of economy and society. The research seeks to explore the extent to which migrant remittance transfers affect poverty with particular reference to the medium of the informal economy. In particular, it is concerned to identify the forms and extent of informal market relationships which are liquidated by remittance income, and which are the median of travel for its economic circulation. As a corollary it seeks to also estimate the `in-kind` transfers which substitute for pecuniary transactions. The research thus adds to the growing literature on the importance of migrant remittances in terms of deepening our understanding of the importance of informal and in kind transfers to poverty reduction.

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  • Sarah Bracking & Lloyd Sachikonye, 2006. "Remittances, poverty reduction and the informalisation of household wellbeing in Zimbabwe," Economics Series Working Papers GPRG-WPS-045, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:oxf:wpaper:gprg-wps-045
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    1. Mbiba, Beacon & Mupfumira, Daisy, 2022. "Rising to the occasion: Diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 27(C).
    2. Kapingura Forget Mingiri & S.I Ikhide & A Tsegaye, 2016. "The Relationship between External Financial Flows and Economic Growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC): The Role of Institutions," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 8(1), pages 87-103.
    3. Chikweche, Tendai & Fletcher, Richard, 2010. "Understanding factors that influence purchases in subsistence markets," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 63(6), pages 643-650, June.
    4. Iddisah Sulemana & Louis Doabil & Ebenezer Bugri Anarfo, 2019. "International Remittances and Subjective Wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Micro-level Study," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 524-539, September.
    5. Ebenezer Obadare & Wale Adebanwi, 2009. "Transnational Resource Flow and the Paradoxes of Belonging: Redirecting the Debate on Transnationalism, Remittances, State and Citizenship in Africa," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(122), pages 499-517, December.
    6. Syden Mishi, 2014. "Remittances and Sustainability of Family Livelihoods: Evidence from Zimbabwe," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 6(12), pages 958-973.
    7. Tendai Murisa & Tendai Chikweche, 2013. "Entrepreunership And Micro-Finance In Extreme Poverty Circumstances — Challenges And Prospects: The Case Of Zimbabwe," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(01), pages 1-30.

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