Abstract
AbstractFor five decades, the village of Niaogho in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso has faced an outmigration to Italy. Together with its local partner “Association pour le Developpement de Niaogho” (ADN), the hometown association called “Association pour le Devéloppement Niaogho en Italie” (ARNI) initiated health infrastructure projects in Niaogho. By applying a cross-sectional study using household surveys and interviews, this chapter examines the effects of the diaspora’s individual (household level) and collective (community level) remittances on health behavior, community resilience, and gender dynamics in Niaogho.The findings show that the ARNI projects and especially the activities of its women’s section contributed to better access to health infrastructure and enhanced prenatal and postnatal care through the transfer of bonding and bridging social capital. Overall, community resilience in Niaogho improved, but at the same time, the dependency on financial remittances increased, reducing self-determined initiatives and especially affecting the women left behind.
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Springer International Publishing
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