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UNINA9910810346003321 |
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Titolo |
Migration and poverty : toward better opportunities for the poor / / edited by Edmundo Murrugarra, Jennica Larrison, Marcin Sasin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-96639-1 |
9786612966392 |
0-8213-8437-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xvii, 154 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
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Collana |
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Directions in development. Poverty |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LarrisonJennica |
MurrugarraEdmundo |
SasinMarcin J (Marcin Jan) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poverty - Developing countries |
Developing countries Emigration and immigration Economic aspects Case studies |
Developing countries Emigration and immigration Government policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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 |
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