Sub-Saharan Africa's international migration constrains its sustainable development under climate change.

ABSTRACT: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is seen as a region of mass migration and population displacement caused by poverty, violent conflict, and environmental stress. However, empirical evidence is inconclusive regarding how SSA's international migration progressed and reacted during its march to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article attempts to study the patterns and determinants of SSA's international migration and the cause and effects on sustainable development by developing a Sustainability Index and regression models. We find that international migration was primarily intra-SSA to low-income but high-population-density countries. Along with increased sustainability scores, international migration declined, but emigration rose. Climate extremes tend to affect migration a

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8931456 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature