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International Migration Management for Poverty Reduction: How can International collaboration turn cross-border migration in a poverty reduction tool?
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Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)
Abstract The present paper explores the connections between cross-border migration and the global goal to eradicate poverty in all its forms everywhere in order to identify the ways in which cross-border migration can support poverty reduction targets. Assessing perspectives of Germany and Nigeria as present... view more
The present paper explores the connections between cross-border migration and the global goal to eradicate poverty in all its forms everywhere in order to identify the ways in which cross-border migration can support poverty reduction targets. Assessing perspectives of Germany and Nigeria as presented in secondary and tertiary literature, this paper concludes that collaboration between countries with different perspectives can contribute to turning cross-border migration into a poverty reduction tool. However, these case studies also uncover a lack of actual cooperation and policy integration, thus leaving potential cross-bordermigration benefits largely unexploited. Finally, based on the insights from these perspectives, this paper proposes a framework for assessing and evaluating potential policies that may help turn cross-border migration into a driver for poverty eradication. However, the proposed framework requires major rethinking of existing power imbalances in international cooperation.... view less
Keywords
migration; combating poverty; international cooperation; Federal Republic of Germany; Nigeria; political integration; measure
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social Problems
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
46 p.
Series
COMCAD Working Papers, 176
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications