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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458196703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-282-96639-1

9786612966392

0-8213-8437-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Directions in development. Poverty

Altri autori (Persone)

LarrisonJennica

MurrugarraEdmundo

SasinMarcin J (Marcin Jan)

Disciplina

325.086/942

Soggetti

Poverty - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Developing countries Emigration and immigration Economic aspects Case studies

Developing countries Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Overview; Chapter 2: Patterns of Migration in Tanzania: Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon; Chapter 3: Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal: Michael Lokshin, Mikhail Bontch-Osmolovski, and Elena Glinskaya; Chapter 4: The Evolution of Albanian Migration and Its Role in Poverty Reduction: Carlo Azzarri, Gero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, and Alberto Zezza

Chapter 5: Migration Choices, Inequality of Opportunities, and Poverty Reduction in Nicaragua: Edmundo Murrugarra and Catalina HerreraChapter 6: How Can Developing Country Governments Facilitate International Migration for Poverty Reduction?: John Gibson and David McKenzie; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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