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Ying Yang
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May 19, 2018 06:19 PM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
This book documents labor migration trends in Asia and looks at how finance and technology can aid the positive impact of migration on home countries.
As diasporas increase, governments have reached out to citizens abroad to provide them with financial instruments. Remittance channels have long been consolidated, but financial technology is changing how migrants remit—reducing fees and opening opportunities for new actors. One occupation driving labor migration, and incurring its own challenges, is work in information technology (IT). This book examines some of the latest developments in financial products and technology aimed at labor migrants from and in Asia, and discerns the factors determining the success of mobile IT workers from India. The four chapters in this book draw on issues raised and discussed during the Seventh Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia: Finance and Technology to Increase the Positive Impact of Migration on Home Countries, held in Manila on 18–19 January 2017. The event brought together regional experts and policy makers and was organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Labour Organization, and the Asian Development Bank. The book’s introductory chapter reviews recent regional migration trends. Two statistical annexes provide an overview of migration flows within Asia and between Asia and other regions.
The Conversation, Global, 13 May 2018 - Politicians and the media expend inordinate amounts of energy debating migration, often using nativist, populist and xenophobic rhetoric. This is despite the fact that, as of 2017, only three out of every 100 people – a mere 3.4% of the world’s population – have left their home nations to migrate to a new country.
BBC, Philippines, 11 May 2018 - A bitter dispute between Kuwait and the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers is set to end with the signing of a new agreement.
Malaysia, The Star Online, 9 May 2018 - Many foreign workers are worried about going out on polling day for the fear of being attacked due to being mistaken for phantom voters, said Migrant88 Program Director Khadijah Shamsul.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 8 May 2018 - The Indonesian Embassy's move to impose a new performance bond of $6,000 on employers who hire Indonesian maids here is unnecessary, the Singapore Government said on Tuesday (May 8).
Consult-Myanmar, Myanmar, 1 May 2018 - Andrew Thomson considers the role of internal migrants in promoting financial inclusion in rural areas.
contributed by
Ying Yang
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Jun 06, 2018 11:05 AM
Author: Benjamin Harkins; Daniel Lindgren; Tarinee Suravoranon
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
This summary provides country-specific key findings on migration outcomes for Viet Nam (Vietnamese language).
contributed by
Ying Yang
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Jun 06, 2018 11:03 AM
Author: Benjamin Harkins; Daniel Lindgren; Tarinee Suravoranon
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
This summary provides country-specific key findings on migration outcomes for Thailand (Thai language).
contributed by
Ying Yang
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Jun 06, 2018 10:46 AM
Author: Benjamin Harkins; Daniel Lindgren; Tarinee Suravoranon
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
This summary provides country-specific key findings on migration outcomes for Malaysia (English language).
contributed by
Ying Yang
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Jun 06, 2018 10:56 AM
Author: Benjamin Harkins; Daniel Lindgren; Tarinee Suravoranon
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
This summary provides country-specific key findings on migration outcomes for Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao language).
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