Research Catalog

Title

Migration and poverty : toward better opportunities for the poor / edited by Edmundo Murrugarra, Jennica Larrison, Marcin Sasin.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Murrugarra, Edmundo
• Larrison, Jennica
• Sasin, Marcin J. (Marcin Jan)
• World Bank

Description

xvii, 154 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Migration has historically been a source of opportunities for people to improve their lives and those of their families. Today, the large differences in income between places-particularly countries-continue to motivate individuals to escape poverty through migration. The potential advantages of migration for sending countries are numerous. Through remittances, migration provides a means of improving income and smoothing consumption; it enables households to overcome the lack of credit and cushion the risks involved in engaging in more productive activities; and migration can also act as a coping strategy in times of distress. Remittances can be spent on investments, such as housing and schooling, and directly on household consumption. Furthermore, new skills and education may be acquired at the place of destination and transferred back to the place of origin. This volume argues that although migration increases income and often reduces poverty, the migration opportunities of the poor are different-among the poor there are fewer migrants, and they travel to 'cheaper' destinations with lower returns. The main barriers to emigration encountered by the poor are lack of opportunities and high costs. This translates into lower returns and, very likely, less poverty reduction. As a result of this cyclical interconnection, the poverty-reducing potential that migration holds for developing countries is often not maximized.

Series Statement

Directions in development. Poverty

Uniform Title

Directions in development. Poverty.

Subject

• Poverty > Developing countries > Case studies
• Developing countries > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > Case studies
• Developing countries > Emigration and immigration > Government policy

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Electronic books
• Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview -- 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.

ISBN

• 9780821384367
• 0821384368
• 9780821384374 (electronic)
• 0821384376 (electronic)

LCCN

^^2010035683

OCLC

• 659413100
• SCSB-11300656

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library