Migrating out of Poverty - Working Papers: Recent submissions
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Migrating Out Of Poverty in Zimbabwe
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2015-09-01)This paper present preliminary results from the MOOP household survey conducted in Zimbabwe in 2015. We provide a profile of migrants and of their households and also explore perceptions of the value of migration. Finally ... -
Are Migrant Households Better Off Than Non-Migrant Households? Evidence from Ghana
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2015-09-01)We present preliminary descriptive statistics and analysis on migrants and their families left behind using a new household survey of Ghana. We provide a profile of current migrants and their households and explore the ... -
How Migration into Urban Construction Work Impacts on Rural Households in Nepal
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2015-04-01)The research draws on interviews with rural-urban migrant construction workers in Kathmandu as well as with families of construction workers, other migrant labourers and non-migrants in two contrasting villages in the Karve ... -
Migration and Precarious Work: Negotiating Debt, Employment, and Livelihood Strategies Amongst Bangladeshi Migrant Men Working in Singapore’s Construction Industry
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2015-02-01)To the extent that circular labour migration in Southeast Asia is increasingly dominated by migrants concentrated amongst the low-wage/-skilled occupational sectors, it may be observed that migration and precarious work ... -
Structural Conditions and Agency in Migrant Decision-Making: A Case of Domestic and Construction Workers from Java, Indonesia
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2015-02-01)This working paper examines the migration drivers into the two low-paid and insecure occupations of domestic work and construction work from rural areas in Indonesia. While the ideas of migration exist in Indonesia’s social ... -
Migration and Information Communications Technology Use: A Case Study of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-12-01)This paper explores the use of Information Communications Technology (ICT) among Indonesian Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) working and living in Singapore. Drawing upon a survey (n=201) with Indonesian domestic workers ... -
Institutional Strengthening of the Office of Labour Attaché: Research Findings from Bangladesh,India and Sri Lanka
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-11-01)Although there is increased awareness of the need for effective migration governance in order to safeguard the basic rights and safety of migrant workers in destination countries, little research has focused on how such ... -
Decent Work Country Programmes and Human Mobility
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2012-03-01)The aim of this review is to assess the ways in which Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) address the issue of internal migration, and to evaluate the extent to which this discussion is related to rural-urban linkages ... -
Gendered Migration Patterns, Processes and Outcomes: Results from a Household Survey in Ponorogo, Indonesia
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-10-01)In terms of outcomes, migrant households are more likely to report a greater improvement of quality of life, which includes the overall economic, health and educational status of their household members, compared to five ... -
Is Migration the Solution to Poverty Alleviation in Kenya? Rural-Urban Migration Experiences of Migrants from Western Kenya to Kisumu and Nairobi
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-09-01)Out-migration from western Kenya to Kenya’s urban areas dates back to the colonial period and remains a reflection of regional inequality, as migrants try to move out of their poorer origins to destinations with promising ... -
Counting the Cost of Securitising South Africa’s Immigration Regime
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-09-01)Over the past decade, South Africa’s political leadership has increasingly framed international migration as a threat to national, physical and economic security. This has been accompanied by popular and political calls ... -
Confirmations, Coffins and Corn: Kinship, Social Networks and Remittances from South Africa to Zimbabwe
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-09-01)Despite much optimism about migrant remittances’ power to combat poverty, we know too little about their long-term consequences in sending communities. Through an intensive qualitative study of three districts in Zimbabwe ... -
Managing Migrationin Southern Africa: Tools for Evaluating Local Government Responsiveness
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-09-01)Southern African cities are on the move. As elsewhere in the global south, populations are continuing to grow, shrink and transform in response to demographic and economic pressures (Crush et al. 2005; Potts 2009). As the ... -
Poverty, Youth and Rural-Urban Migration in Ethiopia
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-07-01)This paper explores the relationships between poverty and rural-urban migration in Ethiopia. It draws upon research particularly of migration for work in the construction industry and domestic work. The paper describes and ... -
International Migration, Trade and Aid: A Survey
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-07-01)This paper surveys the voluminous literature on migration affecting trade and the somewhat less developed literature linking aid flows to migration. We aim to guide the reader through the two literatures, highlighting key ... -
Does Migration for Domestic Work Reduce Poverty? A Review of the Literature and an Agenda for Research
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-05-01)This review of the published academic literature on internal and regional migration for domestic work in Africa and Asia shows a dearth of studies on internal migration for domestic work in South Asia, and both internal ... -
Internal and Regional Migration for Construction Work: A Research Agenda
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-05-01)This working paper reviews evidence from the literature on internal migration for work in construction in developing countries. The literature reviewed was found through a search of academic databases and selected by the ... -
Can Rural-Urban Migration into Slums Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Ghana
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014-04-01)Recent evidence indicates that the increasing levels of poverty in urban areas in Ghana are partly attributed to net migration of poor people to cities. However, evidence of the linkages between urbanisation, rural-urban ... -
Impact of Migration on Poverty and Development
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2012-09-01)This paper reviews the literature on migration in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, East Africa and West Africa in order to highlight the complexity of migration patterns and impacts. It is also accompanied, ... -
Drivers of Migration
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2012-03-01)The paper explores the relationship between determinants of migration which are often deeply embedded inthe economic, social, political, cultural and environmental context, and more immediate factors. It ...