Diasporas, Remittances and Africa South of the Sahara: A Strategic Assessment

This conclusion section of a research paper examines the complex role of remittances and diasporas in Africa South of the Sahara, highlighting the tension between their necessity for survival in impoverished states and the risks of criminal abuse and economic instability.

• Island micro-states, enclaves, and war-torn countries with economies heavily dependent on diasporas may turn to criminal activities if migrants are deported or remittances drop.
• There is a strategic dilemma where cracking down on illegal immigration and remittances to prevent money laundering or the funding of terrorism can trigger economic crises in home countries and push failed states toward crime or war.
• While African diasporas serve as essential survival mechanisms in poor countries and act as vectors for technology transfer and modernisation, their ability to influence government policy or coordinate democratic transitions is limited.

APA

de Montclos, M.-A. P. (2005). Diasporas, Remittances and Africa South of the Sahara: A Strategic Assessment. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/topics/conflict-prevention-and-analysis/20-may-2008-iss-feature-xenophobia-in-south-africa/01-mar-2005-monograph-no-112-diasporas-remittances-and-africa-south-of-the-sahara.-a-strategic-assessment-marc-antoine-perouse-de-montclos/conclusion

Chicago

de Montclos, Marc-Antoine Pérouse. Diasporas, Remittances and Africa South of the Sahara: A Strategic Assessment. Institute for Security Studies, 2005. https://issafrica.org/topics/conflict-prevention-and-analysis/20-may-2008-iss-feature-xenophobia-in-south-africa/01-mar-2005-monograph-no-112-diasporas-remittances-and-africa-south-of-the-sahara.-a-strategic-assessment-marc-antoine-perouse-de-montclos/conclusion.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{demontclos2005diasporas, author = {de Montclos, Marc-Antoine Pérouse}, title = {{Diasporas, Remittances and Africa South of the Sahara: A Strategic Assessment}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2005}, month = mar, url = {https://issafrica.org/topics/conflict-prevention-and-analysis/20-may-2008-iss-feature-xenophobia-in-south-africa/01-mar-2005-monograph-no-112-diasporas-remittances-and-africa-south-of-the-sahara.-a-strategic-assessment-marc-antoine-perouse-de-montclos/conclusion}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }