Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh

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Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh

dc.contributor.author	Deshingkar, Priya
dc.contributor.author	Farrington, John
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-26T15:41:25Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26T15:41:25Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.description.abstract	The question of how rural labour markets and migration can be made to work better for poverty reduction is the focus of the paper. Using select case and longitudinal studies from five parts of India and Bangladesh, the key processes that shape rural labour markets and how these have evolved over time with the changing macro-economic, policy, agro-ecological and infrastructural context are discussed. The authors find that, while agricultural wages have remained relatively low, a few rural labouring households have been able to break out of poverty through household diversification strategies that use a combination of two or more of the following: accessing regular work (not necessarily well-paid) inside or outside the village; leasing in land or being given a land by a patron for cultivating; and starting up a small business. The evidence highlights the complexity of household labour allocation strategies and why analyses based on national statistics alone are not able to capture them.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/9199
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9199
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	World Development Report 2008
dc.title	Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:14:10.746535Z
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/5990
okr.topic	Agriculture
okr.topic	Conflict and Development
okr.topic	Governance
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.topic	Labor
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction
okr.topic	Rural Development