The futures of rural migration in sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review and exploratory essay

Bourgeois Robin. 2019. The futures of rural migration in sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review and exploratory essay. Pretoria : Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation-CIRAD, 30 p. (GovInn Working Papers, 01/2019)

https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00453

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Résumé : In a context where 200 million more people are expected to live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone by 2050, the question of the futures of SSA rural migration is of crucial importance in a region which so far as remained essentially rural, in spite of a growing urbanization process. The first aim of this paper is to undertake a comprehensive review of the literature on the futures of rural migration in SSA. Drawing from 37 studies it provides a picture of anticipated drivers and migration patterns. It shows also that to our knowledge, rural migration in SSA is still largely an underexplored field of research. The second aim of this paper is therefore to provide some more insights about this question developing an essay drawing from general knowledge about population flows and specific scenario work connecting alternative global world orders and plausible scenarios of rural transformation into three alternative narratives about rural migration in SSA. This anticipatory work, with no predictive intention, provides some elements of thought regarding future migration patterns and briefly discuss governance-related implications.

Mots-clés libres : Futures studies, Rural migration, Anticipation, Africa, Scenario, Patterns

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