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Migration and Social Protection: Exposing problems of access
No full textThe need to manage risk and secure livelihoods can be the main driver of migration decisions; however, at the same time, a derived demand for various forms of social protection, state and non-state, may arise from the migration process. Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Ian MacAuslan argue that it is in the interests of migrants and both host and source country governments to investigate and fully understand the implications of legal, physical and political access structures to social protection. Development (2007) 50, 26–32. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100429
Asset-pooling in uncertain times : implications of small-group farming for agricultural restructuring in the Kyrgyz Republic
No full textRachel Sabates-Wheeler and Malcolm D. ChildressParallel als Buch-Ausg. erschiene
The Impact of Irregular Status on Human Development Outcomes for Migrants
Full text linkThe purpose of this paper is to explore how irregular status impacts a range of human development outcomes for labour migrants. The analysis indicates that for poorer labour migrants, irregular (or undocumented) migration provides a positive, private return to income and livelihood improvements for themselves and their families as compared to 1) no movement at all, and at times, 2) regular (or documented) migration. However, irregular status is associated with a range of forms of disadvantage and vulnerabilities that often compromise migrants’ rights, entitlements and the rate of return they achieve from the migration process. Migrants are as rational as other members of the population and, being aware of these vulnerabilities, many still choose to migrate. The larger hypothesis of this paper is that, as long as poverty drives migration, legal status will not be a priority for migrants. Migrants will be willing to endure short to medium term hardship and the undermining of a range of capabilities and rights (such as education, social assets, rights and personal welfare) to provide economic safety nets for their families and future improvements to their (and their families) livelihoods and wellbeing. As long as migrants on average achieve a positive increase in income and assets through the migration experience (which they do) they will sacrifice a whole range of freedoms and rights. It is therefore imperative that policy makers make active steps to protect migrants with regard to basic human rights and facilitate positive outcomes from their migration experiences. In particular, we urge southern governments to advocate for all their migrants abroad, regardless of legal status. If southern country governments accept the mainstream opinion that migration is good for development, and furthermore recognise that a substantial number, if not the majority, of their migrants are irregular, and continue sending remittances and investment, then governments should seek to protect their citizens aboard, facilitate safe remittances, and begin to stand firm in the face of pressure to control national borders.Irregular status, migration, vulnerability, poverty, protection
Consolidation initiatives after land reform: responses to multiple dimensions of land fragmentation in Eastern European agriculture
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Farm Strategy, Self-Selection and Productivity: Can Small Farming Groups Offer Production Benefits to Farmers in Post-Socialist Romania?
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Coping and Investment Strategies of Migrants in the South: Malawian Migrants in South Africa
No full textLinking agricultural development to school feeding in sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical perspectives
No full textSocial protection for migrants: The challenges of delivery in the context of changing migration flows
No full textLes problèmes de fourniture d'une protection sociale aux migrants dans le contexte de l'évolution des flux migratoires
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