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Is Tonga's MIRAB economy sustainable?: a view from the village and a view without it
Pacific studies • 22 (3/4) • Published In 1999 • Pages: 137-166
By: Evans, Mike.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is an analysis of the viability and development potential of the Tonga's so-called MIRAB (Migration, Remittances, Aid, and Bureaucracy) economy. From the nation-state perspective, the MIRAB economy dependent on multiple overseas linkages appears to be unsustainable. Also economists argue that remittances from abroad dampen incentive to develop the economy at home. Evans asks whether or not this is true. He argues that as long as the relationships between those at home and those abroad are maintained, along with a strong Tongan transnational identity, then the Tonga economy is viable, and should not be discounted.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gift giving
- Production and supply
- Internal trade
- Foreign exchange
- Visiting and hospitality
- Household
- Kindreds and ramages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956-1992
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mike Evans
- Includes bibliographical references (p.163-166)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643929
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans