The early morning phonecall : Somali refugees' remittances / Anna Lindley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindley, Anna.

Series:

Studies in forced migration ; v. 28.

Studies in forced migration ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigrant remittances--Somalia.

Emigrant remittances.

Somalia--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Somalia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As migration from poverty-stricken and conflict-affected countries continues to hit the headlines, this book focuses on an important counter-flow: the money that people send home. Despite considerable research on the impact of migration and remittances in countries of origin - increasingly viewed as a source of development capital - still little is known about refugees' remittances to conflict-affected countries because such funds are most often seen as a source of conflict finance. This book explores the dynamics, infrastructure, and far-reaching effects of remittances from the perspective

Contents:

1. Migration, conflict and development : situating refugees' remittances

2. The Somali context : people and money on the move

3. Migration and remittances in a precarious state : the view from Hargeisa

4. Traffic at a global crossroads : Eastleigh, Nairobi

5. The north-south divide in everyday life : Londoners sending money "home"

6. Concluding reflections.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782383284

178238328X

9781845458324

184545832X

OCLC:

732958365