Remittances reduce poverty
I'm originally from a small village in India. There is no doubt that many of the people I knew growing up were able to survive because of the money their relatives sent back home to purchase the most...
View ArticleRemittances and natural resources: apples and oranges
The July/August issue of Foreign Policy has a short feature highlighting the "dark side" of remittances. It cites an IMF study which argues:
View ArticleClimate change and the migration fallout
The impact of sea level rise from global warming could be catastrophic for many developing countries. The World Bank estimates that even a one meter rise would turn at least 56 million people in the...
View ArticleWhy the development agenda must embrace migration
1. Migration is an exception rather than the rule. Only 200 million or 3% of world population are international migrants; 97% are not. Most people like to be rooted where they are born, unless they are...
View ArticleAfrica Migration Project: Household surveys call for proposals
In collaboration with the African Development Bank, the World Bank is undertaking a comprehensive study of migration and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa and destination countries outside Africa. The...
View ArticleMoving away from home... and away from poverty?
Finding routes out of poverty remains a key issue for households and policy makers alike. A long term vision of development in Africa and elsewhere suggests that poverty reduction is associated with...
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Crisis, employment, and migration
Last week I participated in the World Economic Forum Global Redesign Summit at Doha (see program ). In a brainstorming panel, the kind where you hit your head against the wall, I was asked the...
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Poverty fell in Pakistan in 2001-08 partly because of remittances - Migrants...
A World Bank report released on July 30 finds that poverty in Pakistan fell by an impressive 17.3 percentage points between 2001 and 2008 (from 34.5 percent in 2001-02 to 17.2 percent in 2007-08)....
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How does migration shape economic and social development?
Migration has a profound impact on the lives of the migrant households, but also their societies are shaped by the cumulative effects of labor mobility and consequently remittances. Literature...
View ArticleRemittances and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from El Salvador
While we know a lot about the impact of remittances on growth, investment, poverty, inequality, health, and education, the potential effects of international remittances on the domestic financial...
View ArticleGrowth, Migration and Violence in India: Impressions from a recent visit to...
"For a moment I was bewildered. Then Nilambar muttered to the contractor that if we have legs at least, we could walk for the rest of our lives. We told the contractor he could take our hands…" -...
View ArticleInternal Migration – Improving Welfare of the Rural Poor
Salauddin, a farmer, migrated to Dhaka (the capital) from a rural area of Bangladesh because of severe drought. He is now one of half million rickshaw-pullers. He spends only tk 100 a day and saves...
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