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Migration (Bush-falling) as a form of insurance for Cameroonians

Journal of Social Development in Africa

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Title Migration (Bush-falling) as a form of insurance for Cameroonians
 
Creator Ojong, Vivian Besem
Otu, Monica
 
Subject Bush-falling, insurance and the left behind
 
Description International migration popularly known in Cameroon nowadays as bush-falling is on the rise among Cameroonians of different walks of life. This upsurge is a response to the absence of ample economic opportunities to support the ever growing economic and social demands of a cross section of Cameroonian families and households. This paper investigates migration as a form of insurance for those left behind. The paper highlights a partnership of mutual benefits between families and their migrant members established to meet their socioeconomic needs. It explores the various reasons accounting for international migration among Cameroonian families of different social and economic backgrounds. Migration in general is viewed as a livelihood strategy and in the eyes of most Cameroonians bush-falling remains a contestable and an inevitable pathway for those seeking to lead a better lifestyle. Migration among most Cameroonian families has become a form of insurance in which families pool their resources to support the migration of kin, mindful of the fact that this will ultimately improve the living standards of families through remittances.Keywords Bush-falling, insurance and the left behind
 
Publisher School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2016-06-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/136747
 
Source Journal of Social Development in Africa; Vol 30, No 1 (2015); 49-67
1012-1080
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/136747/126243
 
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