Poverty Reduction and International Migration in Nicaragua: Religious Views in Post-Conflict Areas as a Clue

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20551
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Sugiyama Jogakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Kaori 椙山女学園大学, 国際コミュニケーション学部, 准教授 (00782781)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: ニカラグア / 国際移動 / 貧困削減 / ポストコンフリクト地域 / 宗教観 / 移民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The correlation between poverty reduction and international migration in post-conflict areas of Nicaragua can be analyzed based on multiple factors. In post-conflict areas with a large Protestant population, where the survey was conducted until 2014, the percentage of residents who experienced domestic migration was higher than in other areas of the country. However, the results of the field survey showed that after 2018, the percentage of residents who switched from domestic to international migration for the purpose of poverty reduction increased sharply.
A study of the formation process of Latino immigrant communities fleeing post-conflict areas in the United States and Costa Rica found that religious beliefs had a significant impact on community formation, according to the results of the field survey.

Free Research Field

国際協力

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

貧困削減を目的とした移動の中でも、国際移動ではなく国内移動を選択する住民の割合が高かったニカラグアのポストコンフリクト地域の住民が、国際移動を選択することへ転換していったプロセスや要因を解明することは、今後、ポストコンフリクト地域への国際協力や国際移動における対応策を考える上で学術的・社会的意味を持つ。
また、米国およびコスタ・リカで調査したニカラグアをはじめとするラテン移民の移住先であるコミュニティ形成過程において、宗教観を一つの調査指標にすることの有効性を確認したことは、今後、外国人居住者が増える日本のコミュニティ分析においても重要な意味を持つ。