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Figure 2.7 Secondary and Tertiary Education Attainment of Remittance Recipient and Nonrecipient Households in Selected Countries in Africa 2.0
a. Secondary education attainment
Average number of household members with secondary education
1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 Households with no remittances
0 Burkina Faso
Ghana
Uganda
Kenya
Senegal
Nigeria Households receiving domestic remittances
Average number of household members with tertiary education
1.4
Households receiving remittances from outside Africa
b. Tertiary education attainment
1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Ghana
Senegal
Burkina Faso
Kenya
Uganda
Nigeria
Source: Authors’ calculations based on Africa Migration Project household surveys in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda in 2009 and Ghana Living Standards Survey 2005–06.
tus, they nevertheless suggest that remittances may help raise the level of resources devoted to education.
Health Remittances can contribute to better health outcomes by enabling household members to purchase more food and healthcare services and perhaps