Migrating out of Poverty - Policy Briefs: Recent submissions
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Social Benefits and Losses of Migrating into Cities in Ghana
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2016-07)While the literature tends to focus on the economic impacts of migration into cities, there is little understanding of the social gains and losses associated with migration into the city. As ... -
Migration into Cities in Ghana: The Economic Benefi ts to Migrants and their Households
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2016-07)In the light of the rapid pace of urbanisation and associated challenges such as urban unemployment, urban poverty, and the emergence of slums, policy prescription in Ghana has largely occupied ... -
Public Policy Formulation: A Case Study of Domestic Workers in Bangladesh
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2016-06)This policy brief shares findings from an empirical study that traced the evolution of the Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy 2015. It discusses how the Domestic Workers Rights ... -
Impact of Remittances on Education and Human Resource Development: Evidence from Bangladesh
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2016-01)Despite the fact that Bangladesh largely depends on remittances sent by its international migrants, little is known about the strategies lying behind the use of remittances. A new in-depth study carried out in Bangladesh ... -
Precarious Labour: Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2015-06)Whilst the construction industry provides an important source of employment globally, particularly amongst low-income and low-skilled migrants from rural areas, ... -
Rural-Urban Migration and Poverty in Ethiopia
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2014)This policy brief focuses on rural-urban migration in Ethiopia. Research shows that poverty and lack of opportunity are driversof young people’s rural-urban migration. However, migration to the cities has ... -
Internal Migration and Poverty: Evidence from Ghana and India
(Migrating out of Poverty, 2011-10)This briefing paper examines the links between internal migration, remittances and poverty based on analysis of national data for India and Ghana. Internal migrants outnumber international migrants by an order ...
