The recent publications by World Bank revealed Nigeria as the top-remittance receiving
country in Africa and this invariably reflects that more Nigerians live abroad. The Central …

The impact of remittances on income inequality constitutes a keenly debated topic in the
development literature. Yet, a consensus still has not evolved on the issue. This paper …

Remittances are often said to be the most tangible and least controversial link between
migration and development (Russell 1992; Ratha 2007). Remittance flows to developing …

Objective: There are large gaps in the literature measuring levels of poverty and inequality
within the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria and rural and urban areas. This study addresses …

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 …

The aim of this article is to investigate the causal relationship between remittances and
poverty reduction in Bangladesh over the period 1976 to 2010. This issue is of fundamental …

In Nigeria, human trafficking is a hidden crime, driven by the current economic situation of
the country. The Nigerian government has demonstrated significant efforts to combating …

This study examines the effect of remittances inflow to Nigeria on labour force participation
in the country using the propensity score matching and Heckman two‐step benchmark …

This paper contributes to the literature on the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
in oil extraction communities of developing countries. It specifically examines the impact of …

Despite the increase in international remittance flows to Nigeria, there is dearth of studies on
the linkages between international migration, remittances and household welfare in the …