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Migration and poverty : toward better opportunities for the poor / edited by Edmundo Murrugarra, Jennica Larrison, Marcin Sasin. - xvii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Directions in development. Poverty . - Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty. World Bank e-Library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview -- Patterns of migration in Tanzania / Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, Stefan Dercon -- Work-related migration and poverty reduction in Nepal / Michael Lokshin, Mikhail Bontch-Osmolovski, Elena Glinskaya -- The evolution of Albanian migration and its role in poverty reduction / Carlo Azzarri ... [and others] -- Migration choices, inequality of opportunities and poverty reduction in Nicaragua / Edmundo Murrugarra, Catalina Herrera -- How can developing country governments facilitate international migration for poverty reduction? / John Gibson, David McKenzie.

ISBN: 0821384368 0821384376 (electronic) 9780821384367 9780821384374 (electronic)

LCCN: 2010035683

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poverty--Developing countries--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects--Case studies.
Developing countries--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

LC Class. No.: HC59.72.P6 / M48 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 325.086/942