Residential Remittances and Food Security in the Upper West Region of Ghana

被引：36

作者：

Atuoye, Kilian N. ^{[1
]}

Kuuire, Vincent Z. ^{[2
]}

Kangmennaang, Joseph ^{[3
]}

Antabe, Roger ^{[1
]}

Luginaah, Isaac ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

[2] Queens Univ, Kingston, ON, Canada

[3] Univ Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

来源：

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION | 2017年 / 55卷 / 04期

关键词：

NORTHERN GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; INSECURITY; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL; DISTRICT;

D O I：

10.1111/imig.12310

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

In recent years, out migration from the Upper West Region to the southern belt of Ghana for farming has become commonplace. The natural question that has arisen is: what is the potential impact of remittances from this migration pattern on food security in the region? Using multivariate ordered logistic regression this study assesses the linkage between remittances and household food security (derived using the HFIAS) among urban and rural households (n=1,438) in the region. The findings show that urban remittance-receiving households and rural remittance and non-remittance receiving households were more likely (OR=2.44, p<0.05; OR=2.46, p<0.001; and OR=1.49, p<0.1, respectively) to report being more severely food-insecure than urban non-remittance receiving households. The findings demonstrate that household strategies such as migration and remittances on their own are not sufficient to ameliorate the precarious food insecurity situation of the region. The study calls for development of alternative livelihoods in the region.

引用

页码：18 / 34

页数：17

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