Migration, Remittances and Development in LesothoJonathan Crush The relationship between migration, development and remittances in Lesotho has been exhaustively studied for the period up to 1990. This was an era when the vast majority of migrants from Lesotho were young men working on the South African gold mines and over 50 percent of households had a migrant mineworker. Since 1990, patterns of migration to South Africa have changed dramatically. The reconfiguration of migration between the two countries has had a marked impact on remittance flows to Lesotho. The central question addressed in this report is how the change in patterns of migration from and within Lesotho since 1990 has impacted on remittance flows and usage. |
Contents
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PAST MIGRATIONS | 7 |
CHANGING PATTERNS OF MIGRATION SINCE 1990 | 10 |
MIGRANT DESTINATIONS | 26 |
VOLUME AND TYPE OF REMITTANCES | 38 |
REMITTANCE CHANNELS | 43 |
GENDER AND REMITTANCES | 51 |
REMITTANCES AND POVERTY REDUCTION | 60 |
REMITTANCES AND AGRICULTURE | 65 |
REMITTANCES AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | 68 |
POLICY IMPLICATIONS | 76 |
ENDNOTES | 79 |
Back Cover | 91 |
USE OF REMITTANCES | 46 |
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