The socio-economic impacts of the migration and remittances on the local communities: a case study from Tuti Island, Khartoum.
Creators: name: Mudawi, Mohamed Salah Eldin
name: محمد صلاح الدين محمد مضوي
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1995
Subjects: Tuti island.
Tutti island
migration
remittances
community development
rural development
local communities
Khartoum, Sudan
Sudan
جزيرة توتي

description: This research was conducted to assess the socio-economic impact of migration and remittances on local communities, with special reference to Tuti Island, Khartoum State, Sudan. The study was based on both primary and secondary data. The primary ones were collected in a field survey among migrants, return migrants, and migrants’ household. The study reviewed the major characteristics of the migrants’ community. It was found that migrants constitute a considerable proportion of the island population and labour force. However, the selectivity of migration in terms of sex, age and education is highly supported by the field survey results in Tuti Island. The study revealed that migrants’ income, savings and remittances are influenced positively by the level of education, occupation and duration of the migration. Also it is found that the majority of the sample survey send monetary and non-monetary remittances to their families in the island on regular basis. Moreover, it was shown that remittances constitute a considerable proportion of income of the migrants’ households. In addition, remittances have put very positive impact on the economics of migrant’s families. The provision of remittances to migrant’s families has resulted in an unequal income distribution among the island community. Furthermore, it was revealed that major uses made of remittances are the provision of migrant’s families with their consumption goods for the daily needs to enhance the family living standards, building and maintenance of houses, purchasing of electrical durable equipment, parents’ travel for pilgrimage and Omra. The major investment patterns were found to be land-acquisition, rent out of the newly built houses, transportation, and small scale-commercial business. Also the majority of the sample reported that their economic conditions as better as than those before migration. The study showed that dependency rate on migrants is high among the island community. Concerning the social impact, the study showed that migrants have put a positive impact on marriage rate in the island through their support of marriage<br> ceremonial celebrations. Also the study revealed that marriage to first-cousin spouses is less among migrants than the rest of the community. The majority of unmarried migrants reported that they do not plan to get married according to Kora marriage system, the most common marriage system in the island. The study also indicated the remittances have created a new social strata in the island in terms of luxurious life, and patterns of consumption but it was also indicated that this new social strata has maintain very strong social ties with the island community. The majority of migrants are keen to spend their annual vacation in Sudan, and provide their friends and relatives with gifts. Moreover, most of the sample survey believed that migration has put positive impact on island have their well-organized community at destinations, and they used to channel and coordinate their support to the island via migrants organizations. Their support is directed to the public utilities in the island e.g. mosques, health, education sectors, poor families, etc. Also the study showed that this support is highly appreciated by the island’s local community
description: This is a thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography.