At least in the USA level of education is closely related to earning power. An immigrant couple with 4 degree between them has a greater chance of not only permanent employment/residency, but ability to earn more than those without a college degree. One reason why Chinese/Indian/Philippino immigrants fare better than Gambian/West African ones. Malanding Jaiteh On 11/10/2010 2:44 PM, Haruna Darbo wrote: > Thanx for sharing this valuable information Kukeh. > > You got me a little confused when you suggested a direct correlation > between post-secondary education and volume of remittances sent > back??? If anything, the great number of Gambians sending remittances > home represents an ominous statistic. Help me understand your context. > > Haruna. You keep going to sleep on us only to resurface with these > confusing analyses. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> > To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 1:19 pm > Subject: The Gambian emigre > > I doubt if the 63% amounts to much if the percentage of Gambians with > University education is still in single digits. The big question is > what proportion of the 65,000 Gambians living abroad have > post-secondary education? And how can we boost this proportion in > order to capture a larger proportion of the $25billion pie predicted > for post 2012? > > Malanding > > Courtesy of The Point Newspaper: > http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-has-2nd-largest-rate-of-skilled-emigration-in-africa > > > Gambia has ‘2nd largest rate of skilled emigration in Africa’ > > <http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-has-2nd-largest-rate-of-skilled-emigration-in-africa#map> > africa <http://thepoint.gm/africa/news> » gambia > <http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/news> > Wednesday, November 10, 2010 > A World Bank report released Monday on remittances sent by migrants to > their families in sub-Saharan Africa titled “Remittances and Migration > Factbook 2010” has ranked Gambia as the country with the second > largest rate of skilled emigration in Africa. > The report, which is the second edition of an initial volume issued in > 2008 that relies on data publicly available from reliable sources, > shows that remittances to Gambia will reach an estimated US$61 million > in 2010, up from US$60 million the previous year. > “As a share of GDP, remittance inflows amounted to 8 percent of the > country’s GDP in 2009,” the report stated, which also ranked the > Gambia among the top recipients of remittances as a share of GDP > indicated. > The report, which tracks documented private transfers of funds and > migratory patterns around the world, estimates that nearly 22 million > Sub-Saharan Africans have left the continent. > It said Africa also has a higher intra-regional migration rate than > the rest of the developing world, with three out of four African > migrants living in another country in Sub-Saharan Africa. > The World Bank report revealed that nationals who attended university > and have left their country the most are from Cape Verde (68 percent), > Gambia (63 percent), Mauritius (56 percent), Seychelles (56 percent), > Sierra Leone (53 percent), Ghana (47 percent), Mozambique (45 > percent), Liberia (45 percent), Kenya (38 percent), and Uganda (36 > percent). > “Africa’s most dynamic migration corridors are Burkina Faso–Côte > d’Ivoire (1.3 million migrants), Zimbabwe–South Africa (0.9 million), > and Côte d’Ivoire–Burkina Faso (0.8 million). Others include > Uganda–Kenya, Eritrea–Sudan, Mozambique–South Africa, Mali–Côte > d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo–Rwanda, Lesotho–South > Africa, and Eritrea–Ethiopia,” the report stated. > According to the report, nearly 65,000 Gambians are living outside > their country in 2010. “Gambia has the second largest rate of skilled > emigration in Africa, with 63 percent of its tertiary- educated > population living outside the country as of 2000. > The top destination countries for migrants from Gambia are Spain, the > United States, Nigeria, Senegal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, > Sierra Leone, Norway, and France,” the report said. > The report further stated: “It is estimated that over 290,000 > non-Gambians are living in the country in 2010, primarily migrants > from Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone.” > The World Bank publication also revealed that remittance flows to > Sub-Saharan Africa will reach US$21.5 billion this year after a small > decrease in 2009 due to the global financial crisis. > The report shows that Africa-bound flows fell by about four percent > between 2008 and 2009, marking the first decrease since 1995. > “We estimate that recovery will continue over the next two years, with > remittance flows to the continent possibly reaching about US$24 > billion by 2012,” said Dilip Ratha, manager of the Migration and > Remittances unit at the World Bank. > Ratha cautions that these numbers are gross underestimates, because > millions of Africans rely on informal channels to send money home. > Worldwide, remittance flows are expected to reach US$440 billion by > end-2010, up from US$416 billion in 2009. About three-quarters of > these funds, or US$325 billion, will go to developing countries. > The World Bank estimates that flows to developing countries as a whole > will rise further over the next two years, possibly exceeding US$370 > billion by 2012. > “Remittances are a critical lifeline for families and entire > communities across Africa, especially in the aftermath of the global > crisis,” Ratha said, adding that the fact that remittances are so > large, come in foreign currency and go directly to households, means > that these transfers have a significant impact on poverty reduction, > funding for housing and education, basic essential needs, and even > business investments > Author: *Baboucarr Senghore* > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact > the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact > the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤