Socio- Economic Effects of Migration: The Case of Two Kebeles in Soro Woreda of Hadiya Zone in SNNPR State of Ethiopia
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2012-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The ohjective o/this stud)lwas to understand the economic and social effects 0/ out-migration in
the case 0/ Soro !Voreda, Hadiya Zone, SNNPf( (South Nation Nationalities and Peoples
Regional) state. lhe .1!lIdy./iJclI.led on the economic and social impact of ollt-migration to RSA
and lvllX's FOI1l the Woreda selected kebeles. lhe out flow of migration lVas linked with the
emeJ'gillg socio-economic costs in the study area. 171e study substantiated evidence on the
economic activities 0/ migrant hOllseholds and ret1lmee migrants and tracked the impacts of
remittance illcomes on the local economic enterprising. 'lhe dynamics in remittance money is
also linked to the social re.lpect and the costs of travel to the destination. Diverse migration
theories \Vel'e considere d to mformPrimm)! amI secondCII)! data were collected ./i"om OIganizations, migrant and non-migrant
households by Iising mixed research method. The organized evidence lVas analyzed and
inte/preted. the reslllt of the analysis has shown that out-migration has both positive and
negative impacts Oil the migrant and those memhers behind. The positive impacts of outmigratioll
are improvement ill household consllmption, investment, employment generation, asset
fiH'/I1alioll, Irall.l/i)f'fllationji'om /'IIml to urban IIlay of life . 'Ihe negative impacts olmigration are
Ihe prodllctil'e lohm shortage, family sepamtion, work load on females, marriage unfaithfi.dness
alld depelldellcy.lYlldrol1le illlhe same commlll1ily including stretched cost o.ftrave!.Ihe study wllcludes wilh the economic alld social effects o.f out-migration in the study area.
ImlH'ovemelll in COIISIIIII!'ti,," level 0/ migrant households, Asset formation, enterprising in the
local ecollomy allJ to " r"ao lile is positive. lhe separation ~f households, workload on females
and marriage ,,"/ailhlllioess are negative coosequences. 'Ihe study recommends that there are
polin: concel'lls ill challllelillg Ihese reso"rces and enterprising at one hand and looking to social
proh/ems Oil the other hand
Keywords: IC'lllelprisillg, lv/iddle hlst Co"nlries, Ollt-migration Remittances, Soro Woreda,
SOlllh A/rica this analysis.
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Enteprisillg, Middle East Countris’, Ollt-migration Remittances, Soro Woreda SOlllh A/rica