Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1841-7

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Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia

dc.contributor.author	Ahmed, Amer
dc.contributor.author	Bossavie, Laurent
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-16T22:29:49Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-16T22:29:49Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-16
dc.description.abstract	International migration for temporary employment is key to South Asia’s development path, in terms of both jobs and remittance flows. Overseas markets are a critical source of employment for South Asian economies that may not be able to absorb workers sufficiently or quickly enough into the domestic labor market. Migrant workers typically experience wage gains of at least three times their earnings back home, in addition to acquiring new skills and accumulating savings that can be used to start up entrepreneurial activities upon returning home. Remittances sent by migrants while abroad also boost household consumption and support macroeconomic stability in countries of origin. However, multiple challenges exist that prevent migration from achieving its full development potential. These challenges include high monetary costs, information gaps on employment opportunities in destination countries, a lack of protection while abroad, and high concentrations of migrants in few sectors and destinations. These often prevent the poorest from migrating overseas and may place those who actually migrate in situations of considerable vulnerability. Building on rigorous analytics, this book highlights policy actions that can be taken at all stages of the migration life cycle, including after return, to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits of migration for migrants themselves, their families, and the home economy. The book provides policy options to address information gaps on employment opportunities overseas at the departure stage, to prepare migrants adequately for their experience overseas, to diversify destinations and occupations abroad, and to maximize the benefits of return migration.	en
dc.identifier	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/903161585816440273/towards-safer-and-more-productive-migration-for-south-asia
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1841-7
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1841-7
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37444
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	International Development in Focus;
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	MIGRATION
dc.subject	TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	MIGRATION LIFE CYCLE
dc.title	Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia
okr.date.disclosure	2022-05-16
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T12:05:31.779386Z
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1841-7
okr.identifier.report	147272
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.geographical	South Asia
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Work & Working Conditions
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
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