Given the importance of remittances in Senegalese national economy, the topic of migration has emerged as an increasingly prominent topic in the political discourse (Fall et al., 2010; Gerdes, 2007).
Also, given the magnitude of the remittances received by community residents, it is conceivable that the community could implement a mechanism for capturing a portion of these to capitalize a revolving loan fund to help families fund improvements, (or new home purchases, or community-wide recreation equipment).
This paper tests how migrants' willingness to remit changes when given the ability to direct remittances to educational purposes using different forms of commitment.
Given the country's dependence on remittances for foreign currency, this practice seems particularly loopy.
Given the positive slopes associated with internal remittances and the near horizontal relationship for external remittances, it appears that the earlier results are driven by internal remittances.
However, if this is the case, the nature of remittance sharing responsibilities is indeterminate given the insignificant effect of the presence of other migrants on the amount of remittances sent.
This is not altogether surprising given the variety of forms, channels and uses of remittances, formal and informal, and the resulting paucity of quality data on household income and expenditure.
It is not surprising that remittances are primarily used for consumption, given the range of barriers to investment [ 45, 55] yet, in reality, there are a series of different and distinct uses of remittances [ 44].
However, it is necessary to denote that it is not strictly possible to identify the precise use of income from remittances as opposed to other sources, given the fungibility of cash income.
Given the increasing rate of outmigration and the important role that remittances are playing for the family economy, the traditional matrilocal stem family cycle is currently being affected (Prapertchob 2001).
Kosovo's level of unemployment continued to exceed 40 percent, but economic growth persisted although at a reduced pace given the international financial crisis that began in 2008 and the attendant drop in remittances sent back from abroad.
