Somali'de yoksulluğun belirleyicileri: Hanehalkı düzeyinde bir analiz

Although the determinants of poverty, the effect of remittance on poverty reduction, and economic growth have extensively been studied, it's scarce in Somalia. This dissertation was designed to explore these issues; thus, its objectives are multifold. Accordingly, the dissertation was organized into five chapters, all of which is an independent research article. The first chapter provides an overview of the theory of poverty and remittance. The second chapter shows the measure and analyzes the poverty status and its determinants in Somalia. The important questions investigated in this part are; what are the major determinants of rural and urban poverty in Somalia? In other words, what are the household characteristics and geographic factors, which determine the rural and urban poverty in the country? How do living standards, and hence poverty, vary between rural and urban areas? Chapter three examines how remittances affect household expenditure and reduce poverty in Somalia. This study seeks to proffer answer(s) to the following study questions: what is the extent to which remittance helps reduce household poverty? And what is the level of significance in the relationship between remittance and per capita consumption of households? The propensity score matching was used, and the latest survey data from the Somali High-Frequency Survey 2018. Chapter four analysis the effects of remittances on African countries' economic growth. This chapter analyzed the relationship between remittances and economic growth in African countries during 1996-2019. Finally, chapter five concludes the paper and provides suggestions for future research. Since all chapters of this dissertation are an independent research article, some explanations and literature are repeated in different dissertation sections. Each paper is subdivided into five parts. The first section is the introduction part, which focuses on the background, statement of the study, objectives, and research questions. Conceptual frameworks and empirical investigations are developed in part two. The third part deals with the paper's methodology in which data and data sources and model specifications will be stated. Section four & five will be the analysis of the study and conclusion of each paper.