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Remittances and Food Security in African Countries
Author(s) -
Mabrouk Fatma,
Mekni Mohamed Mehdi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
african development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1467-8268
pISSN - 1017-6772
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8268.12334
Subject(s) - food security , investment (military) , linkage (software) , economics , panel data , developing country , development economics , demographic economics , economic growth , political science , geography , agriculture , politics , econometrics , biology , biochemistry , archaeology , law , gene
Over the past decade, the amount of migrant remittances received by developing countries has increased rapidly. Several studies have analysed the impacts on growth, investment, education, and health. However, the effect on food security has not received much attention. This paper contributes to the literature by exploring the linkage between food security and international remittances using panel data during the period of 1990–2013 in African countries. The study employs an econometric model to test the impact of remittances on food security through four channels: availability, access, utilization and stability. Results show a positive link for access, stability and utilization dimensions but a negative link for availability. Relationship between received remittances and the enhancement of food security seems to be mixed.