Identification
Survey ID number
SEN_2019_MIG_v01_M
Title
Migration Survey 2019
Abbreviation or Acronym
MIG 2019
Country/Economy
| Name |
Country code |
|
Senegal |
SEN |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
The World Bank proposes a new study on international migration in West Africa, focusing on Senegal and the Gambia. For many years, the two countries have had high rates of out-migration to countries in the ECOWAS region, Gulf States and the European Union, with remittances contributing substantially to household welfare (14% and 22% for Senegal and The Gambia in 2016, respectively). The recent humanitarian and political crises linked to rising irregular migration to the European Union has put the issue of migration at the forefront of the political debate, in both sending and receiving countries. However, the reliance on anecdotal and journalistic evidence, rather than on solid data, has been fueling misconceptions and biased the debate about international migration, offering a fertile ground to populist, shortsighted solutions to a nuanced and complex issue.
Abstract
This activity is intended to address gaps in knowledge regarding the impacts of migration and remittances on development. Understanding the causes, benefits and risks of migration is important for the development of Sub-Saharan Africa, where reliable data on migration and remittances are scarce. This study is to undertake surveys of representative samples of an average of 2,000 households and 1,000 return migrants in Senegal and the Gambia in 2019, to provide information on migration, economic and social consequences on households sending countries and return migrants.
The team proposes to generate the necessary (and missing) evidence along three key dimensions:
1. Determinants of international migration: (a) document socio-economics characteristics of potential migrants vis-à-vis the population, (b) understand decision-making and expectations among potential migrants, and (c) show additional push and pulls factors which shape the migration decision;
2. Economic and social consequences on households in sending countries: (a) describe contribution of remittances to household welfare, and (b) assess vulnerabilities of migrants' families left behind related to missing household members;
3. Return migrants, (a) show characteristics of return migrants and forced returnees, including skills acquired abroad, (b) document migration experience, and (c) highlight vulnerabilities such as potential traumas which challenges re-integration in the country of origin.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Communities
