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Autore |
Murrugarra Edmundo |
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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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9786612966392 |
9781282966390 |
1282966391 |
9780821384374 |
0821384376 |
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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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BUS022000SOC007000SOC045000 |
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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 |
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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 |
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