Migration and poverty : towards better migration opportunities for the poor

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Title:

Author:

Murrugarra, Edmundo.

ISBN:

9780821384367

9780821384374

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Migration and poverty, towards better migration opportunities for the poor : an overview / Marcin Sasin, Jennica Larrison, Edmundo Murrugarra -- Patterns of migration in Tanzania / Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, Stefan Dercon -- Work-related migration and poverty reduction in Nepal / Michael Lokshin, Mikhail Bontch-Osmolovski, Elena Glinskaya -- The evolution of Albanian migration and its role in poverty reduction / Carlo Azzarri ... [et al.] -- Migration choices, inequality of opportunities and poverty reduction in Nicaragua / Edmundo Murrugarra, Catalina Herrera -- How can developing country governments facilitate international migration for poverty reduction? / John Gibson, David McKenzie.

Subject Term:

Poverty -- Developing countries -- Case studies.

Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- Case studies.

Geographic Term:

Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.

Added Author:

Murrugarra, Edmundo.

Larrison, Jennica.

Sasin, Marcin J. (Marcin Jan)

Added Corporate Author:

World Bank.

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Summary

This volume uses recent research from the World Bank to document and analyze the bidirectional relationship between poverty and migration in developing countries. The case studies chapters compiled in this book (from Tanzania, Nepal, Albania and Nicaragua), as well as the last, policy-oriented chapter - illustrate the diversity of migration experience and tackle the complicated nexus between migration and poverty reduction. Two main messages emerge:Although evidence indicates that migration reduces poverty, it also shows that migration opportunities of the poor differ from that of the rest. In general, the evidence suggests that the poor either migrate less or migrate to low return destinations. As a consequence, many developing countries are not maximizing the poverty-reducing potential of migration.The main reason behind this outcome is difficulties in access to remunerative migration opportunities and the high costs associated with migrating. It is shown, for example, that reducing migration costs makes migration more pro-poor. The volume shows that developing countries' governments are not without means to improve this situation. Several of the country examples offer a few policy recommendations towards this end.