Rural-Urban Migration and Poverty in Ethiopia
Date
2014Author
Atnafu, Adamensh
Oucho, Linda
Zeitlyn, Benjamin
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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 not led to a flow of remittances from urban to rural areas. Non-economic factors are central to many young people’s migration and to why they regarded migration as positive despite the lack of short-term economic benefit. The policy brief argues that the government of Ethiopia and development partners must recognise and support the development potential of migration and integrate it into development planning. There are ways in which migration can be made to work for the poor and support development.
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Atnafu, A.; Oucho, L. and Zeitlyn, B. (2014) Rural-Urban Migration and Poverty in Ethiopia, Migrating out of Poverty Policy BriefMore details
http://www.migratingoutofpoverty.org/files/file.php?name=gp002-ethiopia-policy-brief-sep14.pdf&site=354Rights holder
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DFIDMigrating out of Poverty