Human mobility amidst environmental change constitutes the overwhelming reality in most
of the 'Global South', where wider processes of change such as urbanization, land use …

This paper reviews the literature on remittances in the context of forced displacement. The
evidence suggests that remittances are often affected, and affected more strongly, by factors …

Attempts by policy-makers to encourage diasporas to engage in development in the Global
South rely on conceptions of behaviour drawn from economics that emphasize individual …

Currently two strands of research on migration are producing seemingly conflicting
narratives on migration and its impact: one emphasizes potentiality while the other one …

This article examines how conflict in the country of origin interacts with other factors in
shaping migrants' remittance-sending practices. Our data come from a survey of 10 …

Gender is an organizing principle in migration, yet relatively few theoretical and empirical
studies on migration and environmental change integrate a gender perspective. This …

This article explores political and moral economies of diasporic investment in urban
property. It challenges uncritical policy discourses on migrant investment that romanticise …

In den vergangenen Jahren ist die Zahl gewaltsam Vertriebener stetig gestiegen, und auch
die Anzahl der Menschen, die in weiter entfernte Staaten fliehen, hat laut UNHCR weltweit …

Remittances play a central role in debates on migration and development as well as
migration as adaptation to climate change. We seek to contribute to the growing body of …

Factors shaping international migration, over the last half century, from and into the countries
and territories of sub-Saharan and North Africa, as well as the economic and some social …