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Towards Better Labor Migration Systems in Northern Central America: Overview of Findings from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-01T17:47:56Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-01T17:47:56Z
dc.date.issued 2023-08-01
dc.description.abstract This note aims to close the knowledge gap about the effectiveness and capacity of labor migration sending systems in NCA countries. The report assesses whether NCA countries have the fundamental elements of an effective labor migration sending system, identifies the missing elements, and offers recommendations for strengthening the systems over time. Filling such a knowledge gap is critical to inform policies that maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of economic migration. Programs and policies that help expand legal pathways for regular migration will not only promote mutually beneficial migration, but could be a step, albeit small, towards dissuading individuals from pursuing risky migration patterns. Indeed, evidence from Mexico indicates that investing in legal labor pathways can reduce irregular migration (Clemens and Gough, 2018). In this context, this note summarizes the main findings from three institutional diagnostics of the labor migration sending systems in NCA countries, with a view to deepening the understanding of the supply side of labor flows. To this end, and building on previous World Bank experience globally, a diagnostic tool was developed to identify what steps the NCA governments have taken to recognize and respond to foreign demand for workers. The tool examines if appropriate structures, systems, processes, and resources exist to prepare and deliver adequate labor supply arrangements in the context of bilateral agreements (BLAs) or Temporary Work Agreements (TWAs) with other countries. The diagnostic tool is organized around four main pillars to regulate, facilitate, fortify, and further access of labor migrants to international labor markets. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071923173013763/P1782210070cab0060954500421188affde
dc.identifier.uri https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40131
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject LABOR MIGRATION
dc.subject LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject FOREIGN LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ACCESS
dc.subject NCA COUNTRIES
dc.title Towards Better Labor Migration Systems in Northern Central America en
dc.title.subtitle Overview of Findings from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras en
dc.type Report
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crossref.title Towards Better Labor Migration Systems in Northern Central America: Overview of Findings from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
okr.date.disclosure 2023-08-01
okr.date.lastmodified 2023-07-24T00:00:00Z en
okr.date.lastmodified 2023-07-24T00:00:00Z es
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071923173013763/P1782210070cab0060954500421188affde
okr.guid 099071923173013763
okr.identifier.docmid P178221-070caba2-d85a-4006-9545-0421188affde
okr.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40131
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 34122187
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 34122187
okr.identifier.report 182883
okr.import.id 1358
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okr.imported true es
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071923173013763/pdf/P1782210070cab0060954500421188affde.pdf en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071923173022216/pdf/P178221042ea7801c0915306314d7419e85.pdf es
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country El Salvador
okr.region.country Guatemala
okr.region.country Honduras
okr.sector Social Protection
okr.theme Migration, Remittances and Diaspora Engagement,Social Safety Nets,Social protection delivery systems,Economic Growth and Planning,Social Development and Protection,Social Protection,Economic Policy
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Migration and Development
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.txturl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071923173022216/text/P178221042ea7801c0915306314d7419e85.txt es
okr.unit Social Protection & Labor LCR (HLCSP)
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