Labour Migration and Development Dynamics in India
Author: Ravi Srivastava
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 13
ISBN-13:
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Indian Skilled Migration and Development
Author: Gabriela Tejada
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-04-07
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 8132218108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited contribution explores strategies and measures for leveraging the potential of skilled diasporas and for advancing knowledge-based evidence on return skilled migration and its impact on development. By taking the example of Indian skilled migration, this study identifies ways of involving returned skilled migrants in home country development as well as proposes approaches to engage the diaspora in development. As high-skill immigration from India to mainland Europe is a rather recent phenomenon, the activities of Indian professionals in Europe are under-researched. The findings have wider application in contributing to the policy dialogue on migration and development, specifically to the advantage for developing and emerging economies. The book employs an interdisciplinary, two-fold approach: The first part of the research looks at how international exposure affects the current situation of skilled returnees in India. The second, European, part of the research examines migration policies, labour market regulations and other institutional settings that enable or hinder skilled Indians’ links with the country of origin. Structural differences between the host countries may facilitate different levels of learning opportunities; thus, this book identifies good practices to promote the involvement of Indian skilled diaspora in socio-economic development. In applying the framework of diaspora contributions as well as the return channel to study the impact on India, the book draws on qualitative and quantitative research methods consisting of policy analysis, in-depth interviews with key experts and skilled migrants and on data sets collected specifically for this study.
Dynamics of Indian Migration
Author: S. Irudaya Rajan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1000083705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a multidisciplinary approach to the subject of Indian international emigration and comprises contributions by demographers, economists, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists and historians. The book highlights emerging issues such as the political economy of international migration, skilled and unskilled migration, body shopping, return migration, immigration policies in the Gulf and experiences of emigrants from the states of Kerala and Punjab. It focuses on the current dimensions like skilled migrants in the IT sector of Malaysia, the entrepreneurial ventures of Keralites in the UAE, household remittances, inequality and poverty in Kerala, the gender dimension of Indian migration (with focus on nurses and housemaids in the Gulf) and cross-border migratory movements connected to the European Union, with an overview of the migration of Sikhs and Tamils to France. Finally, it carries a discussion of the evolution of India’s public policies towards its diaspora.
Moving for Prosperity
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2018-06-14
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1464812829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMigration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions is one of the most effective tools for ending poverty and sharing prosperity across the globe. Yet, we see widespread opposition in destination countries, where migrants are depicted as the primary cause of many of their economic problems, from high unemployment to declining social services. Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets addresses this dilemma. In addition to providing comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns and their impact, the report argues for a series of policies that work with, rather than against, labor market forces. Policy makers should aim to ease short-run dislocations and adjustment costs so that the substantial long-term benefits are shared more evenly. Only then can we avoid draconian migration restrictions that will hurt everybody. Moving for Prosperity aims to inform and stimulate policy debate, facilitate further research, and identify prominent knowledge gaps. It demonstrates why existing income gaps, demographic differences, and rapidly declining transportation costs mean that global mobility will continue to be a key feature of our lives for generations to come. Its audience includes anyone interested in one of the most controversial policy debates of our time.
Migration and Urban Transition in India
Author: R. B. Bhagat
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2020-05-04
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 100007269X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMigration has emerged as an important issue in contemporary global politics and in the discourse around human development. This book highlights the role of migration in socioeconomic development and its interdependence with urbanization, employment, labour and industry. This volume identifies the challenges which migration and the subsequent dynamism in population and spatial parameters pose to land-use patterns, ecology, social politics and international relations. Through a study of migration patterns and trends in different parts of India, this collection analyzes the relationship of migration with social and occupational mobility, poverty and wealth indices, inequality, distribution of resources and demographic change. It also explores policy measures and frameworks which can bring migration into the fold of national development strategies. Timely and comprehensive, the book underscores the importance of migration and urbanization, sustainability and inclusivity to economic growth and development. It will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of migration studies, political studies, sociology, urban studies, development studies and political sociology.
Handbook of Internal Migration in India
Author: S. Irudaya Rajan
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 806
ISBN-13: 9789353287788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHandbook of Internal Migration in India is an inter-disciplinary, multi-faceted and thought-provoking book on internal migrants and their dynamics among the states in India. The first of its kind, this handbook provides novel information on processes, trends, determinants, differentials and dynamics of internal migration and its inter-linkages with individuals, families, economy and society. Most of the chapters have been written by scholars of repute who have spent their lifetime working on migration and the factors associated with it. This handbook is an attempt to address the lacunae in internal migration studies using both big data, such as Indian censuses, National Sample Surveys, India Human Development Surveys and Kerala Migration Surveys, and micro-level data collected by enthusiastic researchers in most parts of India to explore the unknown facets of internal migration. This book employs interdisciplinary and mixed methods to examine issues such as climate change, gender, urbanization, caste/tribe, religion, politics and emergence of migration policies. It addresses the crucial question as to why temporary and short-term migration continues to be an important livelihood strategy for millions of migrants thereby having an everlasting impact on the sociopolitical and economic structure of the country.
India Migration Report 2021
Author: S. Irudaya Rajan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-04-28
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1000584763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndia Migration Report 2021 presents a detailed study on the health of migrants. It highlights major healthcare challenges faced by migrant labourers, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced authorities, policymakers and many other stakeholders to turn their attention to healthcare delivery unlike ever before. Bringing to the fore the health status of the migrant population both before the pandemic and during the pandemic, the essays in this volume discuss • the ease of access of migrant labourers to primary healthcare services; • the safety challenges faced by migrant workers at their workplaces, their exposure to various physical and psychological health vulnerabilities, and prevalence of potentially malignant health disorders and mental health issues among migrant labourers; • gendered access to healthcare, gender-based violence at workplaces and the gender-related perceptions on topics such as employment, decision-making and general attitude; • the role of decentralization and local self-government institutions in enabling health systems to address health problems of migrants, government policies and programs aimed at providing welfare for return emigrants from the Gulf; • the vulnerabilities migrant workers have encountered across the Indian states during the pandemic, with regards to food insecurity and psychological distress, and the type of support they received from various stakeholders. The volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, demography, sociology and social anthropology, and migration and diaspora studies.
Dynamics of Rural-urban Migration in India
Author: Surendra Nath Misra
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDynamics Of Rural-Urban Migration In India Discusses About The Socio-Economic Factors Responsible For The Migration Of Labourers From Rural Areas To Urban Centres, Studies The Nature, Size, Type And Other Characteristics Of Rural Migrant Workers, Analyses As To What Extent Migration Has Contributed Towards The Improvement Of Economic Conditions Of Migrant Workers And Their Families, Examines The Effects Of Migration On The General Improvement Of The Economic Conditions Of The Areas, Supporting Migration, Deals With The Difficulties And Problems Faced By The Migrant Workers During Migration And Finally Reviews The Various Legal And Legislative Enactments Enacted By Central And State Governments To Safeguard The Interests Of The Migrant Workers And The Scope Of Their Rehabilitation. The Entire Study Is Based On A Combination Of Macro And Micro Data With Specific Emphasis On The Latter. Migration Is Found To Have Contributed Largely In Improving The Economic Condition Of The Migrants And Their Families. The Study Also Identifies For The First Time Various Provisions Of Labour Legislations Enacted By Central And State Governments And Their Limitations To Handle Migration Of Workers Moving With Agents/ Contractors And Working In Hazardous Occupations And Offers Possible Solutions How To Overcome These? The Book Will Be Of Immense Help To Academic Scholars, Researchers, Policy Makers, Statesmen, Labour Officers, Project Directors And The General Public Having Avowed Interest On The Subject.
India Migration Report 2015
Author: S. Irudaya Rajan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-07-16
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1317405552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndia Migration Report 2015 explores migration and its crucial linkages with gender. This volume: • studies important issues such as irregular migration, marriage migration and domestic labour migration, as well as the interconnections of migration, gender and caste; • highlights the relationship between economics and changing gender dynamics brought about by migration; and • documents first-hand experiences of migrants from across India. Part of the prestigious annual series, this work will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, migration and diaspora studies, and sociology. It will also interest policy-makers and government institutions working in the area.
Agrarian Change, Migration and Development
Author: Raúl Delgado Wise
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781853399176
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe focus and concern of Agrarian Change, Migration and Development is the problem of labour migraton. Veltmeyer and Wise explore the dynamics and development implications of the migration processes set in motion by the capitalist mode of production. The dynamics of these processes are both international -- in regard to the international or cross-border flows of labour migrants -- and internal to countries that have undergone, or are undergoing, a process of agrarian change and social transformation.Veltmeyer and Wise examine what they call the "migration-development nexus" from both a political economy and a sociological perspective, highlighting current trends, the global scale and the human dimension of the labour migration process, with particular reference to the increasing south-north flows of migrants who are forced to abandon their communities and ways of life by the globalizing forces of capitalist development.While it may appear that these migrants are free to choose to abandon their communities, and in many cases their families, in the search for greater economic opportunities and a better way of life, the authors show with devastating logic that the decisions made by so many migrants are rooted in the workings of the world capitalist system, which converts them into a pool of surplus labour to be pulled into and out of the system as required by capitalists in their endless search for private profit.
