Remittance Expenditure Patterns and Human Development Outcomes in Nigeria
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This paper investigates the relationship between remittance expenditure patterns and its human development
implications in migrant sending communities of Nigeria. In Nigeria, migrant sending communities spread across
the country and the expenditure patterns of remittance receipts are likely to differ in characterization along states
or geographical regions. This possibility is expected to significantly affect the human development outcomes of
remittance expenditures in these communities within the country. The paper therefore probes into the extent to
which human development outcomes in migrant sending communities of Nigeria can be associated with
remittance expenditure patterns across the country. The study employs survey data from the World Bank
Migration and Remittances Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2009/2010. Descriptive analyses of the
data were conducted to achieve the objectives of the study. The results clearly exhibit remittance expenditure
patterns across the regions of the country that are largely similar. The findings therefore provide a basis for a
harmonized policy approach for channeling household remittance receipts into greater productive uses.
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H Social Sciences (General), HB Economic Theory, HC Economic History and Conditions