02448cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017191 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475546668 2522-7890 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus. Sub-Saharan African Migration : Patterns and Spillovers / Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia, Ermal Hitaj, Montfort Mlachila, Arina Viseth. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (19 pages) Spillover Notes <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Amid rapid population growth, migration in sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing briskly over the last 20 years. Up to the 1990s, the stock of migrants-citizens of one country living in another country-was dominated by intraregional migration, but over the last 15 years, migration outside the region has picked up sharply. In the coming decades, sub-Saharan African migration will be shaped by an ongoing demographic transition involving an enlargement of the working-age population, and migration outside the region, in particular to advanced economies, is set to continue expanding. This note explores the main drivers of sub-Saharan African migration, focusing on migration outside the region, as this has greater global spillovers. It finds that the economic impact of migration for the region occurs mainly through two channels. First, the migration of young and educated workers-brain drain-takes a toll as human capital is already scarce in the region, although some recent studies suggest that migration may have also a positive effect-brain gain. Second, remittances represent an important source of foreign exchange and income in a number of sub-Saharan African countries, contribute to the alleviation of poverty, and help smooth business cycles. Mode of access: Internet Hitaj, Ermal. Mlachila, Montfort. Viseth, Arina. Spillover Notes; Spillover Notes ; No. 2016/009 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/062/2016/009/062.2016.issue-009-en.xml IMF e-Library