Glossary

Successful collaboration begins with a shared language, hence the need for a glossary. This joint effort of contributors from several teams ensures, on the one hand, terminological and conceptual coherence across not only our theoretical approaches, but also the qualitative case studies and quantitative research conducted in OPPORTUNITIES. On the other hand, our glossary facilitates communication between the academic side of the project and the fieldwork conducted by NGOs, uniting our teams working from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Mauritania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Senegal.

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Remittance is any good or money that a migrant sends back to his or her family or friends back in their home country or place of origin. For further details on the amount and importance of remittance, see Ratha 2005 as well as the explications and discussions provided on the Migration Data Portal and the World Bank website.

References and further reading:

The International Organization for Migration. 2021. “Remittances.” Migration Data Portal. URL: https://www.migrationdataportal.org/themes/remittances

Ratha, Dilip. 2005. “Remittances: A Lifeline for Development.” Finance and Development 42.4: 42–43.

The World Bank. 2021. “Defying Predictions, Remittance Flows Remain Strong during COVID-19 Crisis.” The World Bank. Press Release No: 2021/147/SP. URL: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/05/12/defying-predictions-remittance-flows-remain-strong-during-covid-19-crisis.

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