South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement

ISBN-13: 9780367337179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 284 str.

S. Irudaya Rajan

Opis

The South Asia Migration Report 2020 documents key themes of exploitation and entrepreneurship of migrants from the region. This volume includes dedicated fieldwork from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal while factoring in how migration as a phenomenon negotiates with gender, environment, and even healthcare. 

Spis treści

Introduction: migration statistics in South Asia – the need for a fresh approach S. IRUDAYA RAJAN 1 Gendered migration and its impacts on women’s agency and resilience in Pakistan AHMAD SHAH DURRANI AND AYESHA QAISRANI 2 Productive vs. consumptive uses of remittances by households: evidence from Chitwan Valley of Nepal PREM BHANDARI 3 The unequal landscape of remittances: the case of rural Bangladesh SYEDA ROZANA RASHID, MOHAMMAD JALAL UDDIN SIKDER AND MD. EMRAN HOSSAIN 4 Migration legislation and regulations in South Asia: an unfinished agenda?PIYASIRI WICKRAMASEKARA 5 Toward mapping employers and clients: the rise of recruitment fee advocacy and the need for market data in the Gulf construction sector DAVID SEGALL 6 Migrant businesses in Saudi Arabia: towards an economic sociology of Gulf migration MD MIZANUR RAHMAN 7 From environmental disaster to migratory disaster: the Omani network of Bangladeshi fishermen MARIE PERCOT 8 Diaspora volunteering: a tool for development or a channel for diasporic (re)engagement with countries of origin – a case study from Nepal NISHA THOMAS, MATT BAILLIE SMITH AND NINA LAURIE 9 Restructuring of Nepal’s economy, agrarian change, and livelihood outcomes: the role of migration and remittances JAGANNATH ADHIKARI 10 Identifying reproductive health coverage gaps for rural- and urban-born migrant household heads in the slums in and around Dhaka city, Bangladesh KIMBERLY CLAIR, ABDUR RAZZAQUE, MOHAMMAD ZAHIRUL ISLAM, MOHAMMAD NAHID MIA, RAZIB CHOWDHURY, AHM GOLAM MUSTAFA AND RANDALL KUHN