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The Importance of Migration to Small Fragile Economies

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  • Manjula Luthria

    (World Bank)

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Most small fragile states have their own unique circumstances that predispose them to social conflict or frequent economic disruptions. These disruptions end up imposing a large cost on regional neighbours and on the international community more broadly. Therefore the development community is in search of ways to reduce the risk of conflict but this search has proved elusive thus far. This paper explores the potential for migration to serve as a safety valve as well as a medium term strategy for employment creation in conflict-prone states. It draws together the analytical and empirical arguments needed to make the case for enhancing the labour mobility options for these vulnerable populations.

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  • Manjula Luthria, 2009. "The Importance of Migration to Small Fragile Economies," Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present) HDRP-2009-55, Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), revised Oct 2009.
    • Handle: RePEc:hdr:papers:hdrp-2009-55
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    Keywords

    Fragile states; export diversification; small states; migration; remittances;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances

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