CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Mutsiambo, Annabella Analo Achitsa |
|---|---|
| Title | Remittance-Development Nexus: The Policy and Political Narratives of Migrant Remittances in Kenya |
| Summary | Traditional remittances are funds transferred by migrants to their country of origin as a form of obligation to financially sustain their dependents back home. Remittances today however have gained increasing exposure from the international, regional and national communities when linked to development of nations. The purpose of this study is to bridge the existing knowledge gap with regard to understanding the ‘journey’ governments in the third world have walked to embrace what started as remittances by migrants to sustain their families in their origin country into a major resource input into the economic, social and political development of these countries. The focus of the study is narrowed down on providing a holistic policy and state representation of migrant remittances as perceived and understood by these developing countries and the remittances received where Kenya is selected as the geographical focus of the study. Utilizing discourse analysis to analyze key documents published by the Kenyan government and others by the Kenyan government in partnership with regional and international organizations, where key features depicting and propagating the policy and political remittances narrative in Kenya were identified. That is, there is a continuous recognition and incorporation of Kenyan migrants into the Kenyan economic, social and political sphere, a created and continuously sustained bounded social space of interaction between Kenyan migrants and the Government of Kenya, and remitting obligations are seen to be changing from traditional moral obligations to market-based remitting. There is also identity creation for migrants by the state through migrant engagement policies, initiatives and national development projects and finally the role Kenya plays in sustaining the remittance – development rhetoric. Key Words: Remittances: Remittances – development: Migrant engagement policies: Migrant Politics |
| Supervisor | Dafinger, Andreas; Rajaram, Prem Kumar |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/achitsa_annabella.pdf |
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