Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development : A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues

Ratha, Dilip; Mohapatra, Sanket; Scheja, Elina

dc.creator	Ratha, Dilip
dc.creator	Mohapatra, Sanket
dc.creator	Scheja, Elina
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:00:25Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:00:25Z
dc.date	2011-02-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:54:32Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:54:32Z
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=000158349_20110207093552
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3328
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244247
dc.description	This paper provides a review of the literature on the development impact of migration and remittances on origin countries and on destination countries in the South. International migration is an ever-growing phenomenon that has important development implications for both sending and receiving countries. For a sending country, migration and the resulting remittances lead to increased incomes and poverty reduction, and improved health and educational outcomes, and promote economic development. Yet these gains might come at substantial social costs to the migrants and their families. Since many developing countries are also large recipients of international migrants, they face challenges of integration of immigrants, job competition between migrant and native workers, and fiscal costs associated with provision of social services to the migrants. This paper also summarizes incipient discussions on the impacts of migration on climate change, democratic values, demographics, national identity, and security. In conclusion, the paper highlights a few policy recommendations calling for better integration of migration in development policies in the South and the North, improving data collection on migration and remittance flows, leveraging remittances for improving access to finance of recipient households and countries, improving recruitment mechanisms, and facilitating international labor mobility through safe and legal channels.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5558
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSENCE OF CREDIT
dc.subject	ABUSE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO FINANCE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	ADOLESCENTS
dc.subject	AGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	AGING
dc.subject	BENEFITS OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	BRAIN DRAIN
dc.subject	CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject	CAREGIVERS
dc.subject	CASH RESERVES
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	CHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subject	CITIZENSHIP
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject	CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
dc.subject	COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subject	CREDIT MARKETS
dc.subject	CRIME
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISEASES
dc.subject	DIVORCE
dc.subject	DOMESTIC WORKLOAD
dc.subject	DRUGS
dc.subject	ECOLOGICAL STABILITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATED MIGRANTS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	EMPLOYERS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	EXPLOITATION
dc.subject	EXTERNAL FINANCING
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	FAMILY STRUCTURES
dc.subject	FEMALE MIGRANTS
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FERTILITY PREFERENCES
dc.subject	FERTILITY RATES
dc.subject	FORCED MIGRATION
dc.subject	GENDER ROLES
dc.subject	GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	GLOBAL COMMISSION
dc.subject	GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	HEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subject	HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRIES
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRY
dc.subject	HOST SOCIETY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
dc.subject	HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
dc.subject	ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	IMMIGRANT
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION LAW
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION REFORM
dc.subject	IMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
dc.subject	IRREGULAR MIGRATION
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR MOBILITY
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LARGE POPULATION
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	LIMITED RESOURCES
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	LOCAL POPULATION
dc.subject	MEDICAL SERVICES
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT REMITTANCES
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION DATA
dc.subject	MIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subject	MIGRATION ISSUES
dc.subject	MIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subject	MIGRATION POLICY
dc.subject	MIGRATION PROCESS
dc.subject	MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	NATIONAL SECURITY
dc.subject	NATIONALS
dc.subject	NATIVE WORKERS
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NEW BUSINESS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
dc.subject	NURSES
dc.subject	OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	OLDER PEOPLE
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subject	PARENTING
dc.subject	PERSECUTION
dc.subject	POLICY BRIEF
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL ACTION
dc.subject	POPULATION INCREASES
dc.subject	POPULATION MEETINGS
dc.subject	POPULATION MOVEMENTS
dc.subject	POPULATION STUDIES
dc.subject	PRACTITIONERS
dc.subject	PRINT MEDIA
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROSTITUTION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	REFUGEE
dc.subject	REFUGEE CAMPS
dc.subject	REFUGEES
dc.subject	REMITTANCE
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REPATRIATION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RETURN MIGRATION
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	RISKY BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	SAFE WATER
dc.subject	SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SCARCE RESOURCES
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SEX WORKERS
dc.subject	SEXUAL ABUSE
dc.subject	SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
dc.subject	SKILL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subject	SMALL COUNTRIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject	SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	SOVEREIGNTY
dc.subject	SPONSORS
dc.subject	TEMPORARY MIGRATION
dc.subject	TERRORIST
dc.subject	TERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	TRAUMA
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject	UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VICTIMS
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subject	WORKFORCE
dc.subject	WORKING CONDITIONS
dc.subject	WORKPLACE
dc.subject	XENOPHOBIA
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.title	Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development : A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region