WUNRN
MIGRATION & REMITTANCES - WOMEN
The
‘feminisation of migration’ has prompted many studies on the role of
remittances in boosting household economies.
It is important to note the positive impacts that women migrants have had on reducing poverty through remittances that feed, clothe and educate children, provide health care and generally improve living standards for loved ones left behind. At the same time these impacts are complex and difficult to measure for a better understanding of the interrelationships between migration, gender, remittances and development.
There is also dark side of migration where exploitation, trafficking and forced repatriation reside. While many labour-source countries are encouraging women to migrate and to send back their earnings to boost local development and national GDP, recipient countries persistently fail to introduce policies that will protect the women’s welfare.
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World Bank Resources on Migration
& Remittances
Direct Link to 15-Page Outlook for
Remittance Flows 2012 - 2014
Direct Link to Full 3-Page 2011
Remittances Update:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1110315015165/MigrationandDevelopmentBrief18.pdf
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Full Article: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23219391~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Global Mobility Unaffected by
Financial Crisis, as Remittances Remained Resilient
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012 – The
global financial crisis of 2008/09 has not sent migrant workers streaming back
home, despite worsening employment prospects and anti-immigration rhetoric in
some destination countries, says a new book on migration and remittances,
published by the World Bank.
In fact, migrants may have mitigated some of the pain of the crisis as they tend to work for lower wages, receive fewer benefits and rely relatively little on the state, says the ‘Migration and Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis and Beyond’ book......