Do Transnational Links Matter after Return? Labour Market Participation among Ghanaian Return Migrants
Do transnational links matter after return? The study presents the conditions under which migrants participate in the labour market of their home countries. Though transnationalism describes return migration as a circular movement, there is still evidence of permanent return prompting the question of how returnees utilise their transnational links after return. This paper presents an analysis of pre- and post-return experiences of Ghanaian international migrants, focusing on their strategies, assets and labour market participation. The study finds that return migrants keep ties with host countries for the sake of businesses and other benefits which may not be readily available in the home country. The paper suggests that in order to promote national development and enhance national competitiveness in a globalising world, Ghana needs to encourage collaboration amongst its residents abroad and encourage opportunities for the sharing of knowledge and expertise.
This paper aims to highlight some channels of crisis transmission as identified by economic literature and try to estimate which are the variables that count most using an econometric equation. In order to analyze this, we use tables, graphical interpretation and regression equation based on Thorston Beck IMF Database. The development of the financial sector is difficult to measure, but we take into discussion quantitative development of the financial sector, using indicators such as: exports and imports as annual percentage change; the lending rate; domestic credit as a share of GDP in percentage change (end-year) as a measure for the size of the financial sector, data used from EBRD Database. We found that transmission channels on GDP were (in order of importance) exports and deposit rates.