Emigration and development: the case of a Bangladeshi village.

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  • Author(s): Rahman MM
  • Source:
    International migration (Geneva, Switzerland) [Int Migr] 2000; Vol. 38 (4), pp. 109-30.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration [and] Research Group for European Migration Problems Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 9882227 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0020-7985 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00207985 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int Migr
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Geneva, Switzerland : Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration [and] Research Group for European Migration Problems, 1963-
    • Subject Terms:
      Economics* ; Emigration and Immigration* ; Politics* ; Transients and Migrants*; Asia ; Bangladesh ; Demography ; Developing Countries ; Population ; Population Dynamics
    • Abstract:
      This article examines the developmental consequences of international labor migration in a Bangladeshi village. The data are from the Hoglakandi, a village 30 km southeast of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire with both open-ended and closed category questions was used among 50 Singapore returnees, supplemented with additional in-depth interviews. International labor migration has often been seen by many sending countries as a short cut development because of its role in unemployment relief, balance of payments relief, and capital formation of national level. The study argues that the causes and effects of emigration can better be understood only when the process is placed within its local context, since what may prove to be advantageous at the national level may prove to be detrimental to a household or community or vice-versa. It demonstrates how the contribution of labor migration is merely the transformation of labor into a structural component of the international political economy. The Hoglakandi experience reveals that labor migration does not fuel the local economy from an external pipeline of remittances and skill acquisition, rather it drains local resources that retard the development.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 152024. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00297365.
      Keywords: Asia; Bangladesh; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions*; Economic Factors; International Migration*; Labor Migration*; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Political Factors*; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Report*; Southern Asia
      Note: TJ: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20020928 Date Completed: 20001206 Latest Revision: 20191106
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/1468-2435.00122
    • Accession Number:
      12349805