Naudé, Wim A.Bezuidenhout, Henri2015-12-092015-12-092014Naudé, W.A. & Bezuidenhout, H. 2014. Migrant remittances provide resilience against disasters in Africa. Atlantic economic journal, 42(1):79-90. [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11293-014-9403-9#/page-1]0197-42541573-9678 (Online)http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15577How responsive are migrant remittances to various disasters, both natural and human-made? Would remittances be affected by systemic financial crises, such as the 2008–09 financial crisis, or more recent crises affecting the Eurozone? Using panel data on 23 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1980 to 2007, we find that remittances are slow to respond to natural disasters, unresponsive to outbreaks of conflict, and will slowly decline following a systemic financial crisis. This suggests that, given its stability, remittances are sources of resilience in SSA.enRemittancesMigrationDisastersGlobal financial crisisAfricaArticle