Migration and Poverty : Toward
            Better Opportunities for the Poor

Murrugarra, Edmundo; Larrison, Jennica; Sasin, Marcin

dc.creator	Murrugarra, Edmundo
dc.creator	Larrison, Jennica
dc.creator	Sasin, Marcin
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:55Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:55Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:38:01Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:38:01Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20101207012059
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8436-7
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2535
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242958
dc.description	Migration has historically been a source of opportunities for people to improve their lives and those of their families. Today, the large differences in income between places-particularly countries-continue to motivate individuals to escape poverty through migration. The potential advantages of migration for sending countries are numerous. Through remittances, migration provides a means of improving income and smoothing consumption; it enables households to overcome the lack of credit and cushion the risks involved in engaging in more productive activities; and migration can also act as a coping strategy in times of distress. Remittances can be spent on investments, such as housing and schooling, and directly on household consumption. Furthermore, new skills and education may be acquired at the place of destination and transferred back to the place of origin. This volume argues that although migration increases income and often reduces poverty, the migration opportunities of the poor are different-among the poor there are fewer migrants, and they travel to 'cheaper' destinations with lower returns. The main barriers to emigration encountered by the poor are lack of opportunities and high costs. This translates into lower returns and, very likely, less poverty reduction. As a result of this cyclical interconnection, the poverty-reducing potential that migration holds for developing countries is often not maximized.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Directions in Development ; poverty
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO LOANS
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	AGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
dc.subject	AIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	BANK OFFICE
dc.subject	BASIC NEEDS
dc.subject	BENEFITS OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CARIBBEAN REGION
dc.subject	CASH EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	CHRONIC ILLNESS
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subject	COPING STRATEGY
dc.subject	COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject	COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
dc.subject	CULTURAL BARRIERS
dc.subject	DECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT BANK
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DIVORCE
dc.subject	DOMESTIC LABOR
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	EARNINGS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	EDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subject	EDUCATION LEVELS
dc.subject	EMPLOYER
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EXCLUSION
dc.subject	EXPATRIATES
dc.subject	EXPLOITATION
dc.subject	EXPORT MARKETS
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL COST
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FULL POTENTIAL OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON FOOD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD NUMBER
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUSBAND
dc.subject	HUSBANDS
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	IMPERFECT INFORMATION
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME DYNAMICS
dc.subject	INCOME GAINS
dc.subject	INCOME GROUPS
dc.subject	INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INHERITANCE
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTEREST RATES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	ISOLATION
dc.subject	JOB OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	KINSHIP
dc.subject	KINSHIP NETWORKS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR MOBILITY
dc.subject	LACK OF CREDIT
dc.subject	LACK OF FINANCE
dc.subject	LACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	LAND HOLDINGS
dc.subject	LAND VALUE
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LIMITED ACCESS
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOAN
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject	MARKETING
dc.subject	MEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MIGRATION PROCESS
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MONEYLENDERS
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	MOUNTAIN REGION
dc.subject	NATIONAL BORDERS
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	PERMANENT MIGRATION STATUS
dc.subject	PHYSICAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POOR INDIVIDUALS
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POOR RURAL REGIONS
dc.subject	POORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POVERTY DATA
dc.subject	POVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subject	POVERTY IMPACT
dc.subject	POVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subject	POVERTY LEVELS
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINKAGES
dc.subject	POVERTY RATE
dc.subject	POVERTY RATES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRACTITIONERS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION PROCESS
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PULL FACTORS
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	PUSH FACTORS
dc.subject	QUALITATIVE DATA
dc.subject	REDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subject	REGIONAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	REGIONAL LABOR
dc.subject	REGIONAL LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	REGIONAL OFFICE
dc.subject	REMITTANCE
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REMOTE AREAS
dc.subject	REMOTE LOCATIONS
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RETURN MIGRATION
dc.subject	RISK SHARING
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	RURAL AREA
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	RURAL REGIONS
dc.subject	RURAL VILLAGES
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SIBLINGS
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject	SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	SOURCE OF INCOME
dc.subject	SOURCE OF OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	SPILLOVER
dc.subject	SPOUSE
dc.subject	TEENS
dc.subject	TEMPORARY MIGRANTS
dc.subject	TEMPORARY MIGRATION
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL VALUES
dc.subject	UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTER
dc.subject	URBAN MIGRATION
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	USE PER CAPITA
dc.subject	VILLAGE
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULTS
dc.title	Migration and Poverty : Toward Better Opportunities for the Poor
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication