Political Effects for Migration

Money buys influence. It should not be surprising, therefore, that in countries where remittances are important; the political effects are not inconsequential. In countries such as the Democratic Republic (where remittances are 10 percent of GDP), presidential candidates campaign in the United States. From Mexico to India, the lucre of remittances has led politicians to switch positions with regard to their Diaspora-from benign neglect to active courtship. Regimes in socialist economies like Cuba and the Democratic People’s republic of Korea have used remittances to augment scarce hard-currency resources and thereby to strengthen themselves in the short term.

The effects of Crime victimization in Bangladesh

Putwain and Sammons (2002), in their book Psychology and Crime, noted that, “It is almost inevitable that a person will experience some degree of distress as a result of being victimized, especially if the crime is a violent one. Kahn (1984) identifies a large number of possible responses to victimization including depression, anxiety, paranoia, shock and anger. Davis and Friedman (1985) found that 75 percent of a sample of burglary victims reported psychological symptoms including anxiety and disturbed sleep, three weeks after the offence. Not surprisingly, one of the main determinants of a victim’s reaction is the seriousness of the crime. However, it should be noted that people vary in the extent to which they are adversely affected by victimization. Two important variables which affect how a person will be affected by victimization are belief in a just world and locus of control.