The emigrant in the arid area of Tunisia - Gammoudi, Taoufik
The migration can play an important role in the process of development. For many people living in arid area, the migration represents the hope of better future. The migratory revenue contributed to support and improves the lives of million people in these regions. The object of this paper is to analysis the phenomenon of migration and its impacts on the arid area in term of economic and social changes. Particularly, this tries to analyze the impact of the international migration on ″Jeffara″ area in the south-east of Tunisian. This analyse is based on the statistical results of socio-economic investigations with the emigrants households. This work shows that the increase in emigrating household’s incomes through the migratory revenue contributed to an improvement of the life conditions of the households and to the investments in various agricultural and non agricultural sectors.
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Keywords: conferencePaper; emigrant, migratory revenue, socio-economic development, arid area