Angolan senders in Portugal and South Africa: Sociodemographic characteristics

As an introductory remark to this section, it is worth recognizing that remittances constitute sources of private capital, and therefore, the main stakeholders regarding remittances’ utilization are senders and recipients. Indeed, many of the overall characteristics of remittances are determined by their private nature, the specific characteristics of senders and recipients, and the type of relationships between them (economic obligations, kinship and affective ties), as well as the links that migrants keep with their communities or countries of origin. It would be misleading to presume that all migrants remit or that migrants remit for the same purposes.

Related Subject(s): Migration

Countries: Angola ; Portugal ; South Africa