Миграция и колективни форми на подпомагане на родните места при албанците в Македония
Migration and collective forms of support of the birthplaces at the case of Albanians from Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: Labour migration among Albanians from Republic of Macedonia are a mass phenomenon – during last five decades tens of thousands of people have left their native areas seeking profit in Western European countries in order to make better their living standard. Remittances sent by migrants are important sources of income for their relatives in place of origin. Most surveys examining the effects of migration mostly deal with remittances spent for food, clothing, housing, education, and health services. Investments in family-based business activities often are other accent of analyses. However in proposed paper I would like to pay attention to issues of community-based or collective remittances. In theoretical literature collective remittances are seen as donations turned into investments of public interest. Various community projects financed through collective remittances have taken place in the localities with high rates of migration. What distinguishes these projects is namely the collective benefit or good they provide. The paper examines different forms of such local projects based on collective remittances and mutual community engagement in Albanian villages in Macedonia. With such resourses people urbanize their villages, seriously ill people or people hit by some disaster are also supported. Questions about the existence, uses and impacts of collective remittances are analyzed in relationship to the broader discussion of remittances and development.

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