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Remittances in Fragile Settings: a Somali Case Study

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  • Anna Lindley

    (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford)

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Literature on conflict has largely overlooked migrants� remittances, and literature on migrant�s remittances has largely avoided conflict settings. Using a micro-level approach, this paper explores how remittances have affected households coping with conflict and fragility in the Somali city of Hargeisa. Drawing on survey and ethnographic evidence, the paper highlights the transformed geography and diversified participation in remitting, and explores the uneven transnationalisation of family roles. It shows that remittances can help households to meet living expenses, cope with crises, and build livelihoods, although local constraints inhibit the latter. Circulating in the wider community through market relations and social networks, remittances shape Hargeisa�s political economy. The policy implications are explored.

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  • Anna Lindley, 2007. "Remittances in Fragile Settings: a Somali Case Study," HiCN Working Papers 27, Households in Conflict Network.
    • Handle: RePEc:hic:wpaper:27
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    1. Ghorpade, Yashodhan, 2017. "Extending a Lifeline or Cutting Losses? The Effects of Conflict on Household Receipts of Remittances in Pakistan," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 230-252.
    2. Thierry Verdier, 2010. "Regional Integration, Fragility and Institution Building: An Analytical Framework Applied to the African Context," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 38, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
    3. Michael Walls & Steve Kibble, 2010. "Beyond Polarity: Negotiating a Hybrid State in Somaliland," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 45(1), pages 31-56.
    4. Yashodhan Ghorpade, 2016. "Extending a Lifeline or Cutting Losses? Conflict and Household Receipts of Remittances in Pakistan," HiCN Working Papers 236, Households in Conflict Network.
    5. Albert Ayorinde Abegunde, 2017. "Accomplishment Index Analysis of the Sociophysical Activities of Community-Based Organizations in a Postconflict Area of Africa," SAGE Open, , vol. 7(2), pages 21582440177, June.
    6. L. De & J. Gaillard & W. Friesen & F. Smith, 2015. "Remittances in the face of disasters: a case study of rural Samoa," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 653-672, June.

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