Internal and External Migration and Its Repercussions for Pakistan

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Migration, Remittance, Traditional, Repercussions, Pakistan, Development

Abstract

The paper contrasts and compares the evidence on internal and external migration in Pakistan to better understand the links between migration, poverty reduction and development. Recent field studies in Asia show that internal and external migration is increasing and, if properly managed, can play an important role in reducing poverty and redistributing the benefits of location-specific development to disadvantaged regions. can pay As always, there are differences in the specific motivations for migration, the conditions under which people migrate, the wages of migrant workers, the costs and risks of migration, and the impact of remittances on the domestic and wider economy. Related locations. Current development policies need complementary measures to make migration less risky and costly for those who leave and stay behind. The paper also highlights a common problem with pessimistic transference analysis. That is, they do not ask the reverse question of what these households would have done had they not had the opportunity to migrate. The document acknowledges that while the migration is not the ideal solution for job creation and poverty reduction, it is becoming an important route out of poverty in places where traditional development efforts have had limited success. The plans and policies reviewed in the document show that there are scattered efforts in this direction, but most are still in the conceptual stage. The slow policy response is partly due to inadequate data sets and methods for understanding migration and remittance flows. Another obstacle is the traditional orthodoxy of addressing local poverty by investing more resources in predominantly poor and disadvantaged areas, without considering the limitations of doing so.

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Published

2022-12-23

How to Cite

Dr. Fozia Naseem, Haleema Sadia, and Sadia Halima. 2022. “Internal and External Migration and Its Repercussions for Pakistan”. AL-ĪQĀẒ (الإيقاظ) 2 (4):19-39. https://www.aleeqaz.org/index.php/aleeqaz/article/view/94.