Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan

Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan

International labor migration is becoming an increasingly important employment strategy for developing countries. However, while increasing mobility creates huge potential increases in global welfare, accessing these gains requires careful manageme...

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Main Author: Smith, Rebekah
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
LABOR MARKET
MIGRATION
MIGRANT LABOR
FACILITATION
LABOR MOBILITY
RECRUITMENT
MANAGEMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/319551516914929208/Managed-labor-migration-in-Afghanistan-institutional-requirements-and-policy-processes-with-and-in-Afghanistan
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spelling okr-10986-292732021-05-25T09:10:53Z Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan Smith, Rebekah LABOR MARKET MIGRATION MIGRANT LABOR FACILITATION LABOR MOBILITY RECRUITMENT MANAGEMENT International labor migration is becoming an increasingly important employment strategy for developing countries. However, while increasing mobility creates huge potential increases in global welfare, accessing these gains requires careful management and facilitation of labor flows to avoid low-level equilibria. Sending countries will need to design labor-sending systems that balance increased mobility with protection throughout the entire migration process, while ensuring that supply and demand for specific skills are matched. This note proposes a structure for designing a labor-sending system and applies this structure to an assessment of the existing labor-sending system in Afghanistan, which is currently in very nascent stages and is missing many fundamental elements. It then applies the findings of this assessment to propose a way forward in building Afghanistan’s labor-sending system, along with an estimate of how long it will take for the system to become operational. 2018-01-30T21:20:33Z 2018-01-30T21:20:33Z 2018-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/319551516914929208/Managed-labor-migration-in-Afghanistan-institutional-requirements-and-policy-processes-with-and-in-Afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29273 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Afghanistan
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topic LABOR MARKET
MIGRATION
MIGRANT LABOR
FACILITATION
LABOR MOBILITY
RECRUITMENT
MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle LABOR MARKET
MIGRATION
MIGRANT LABOR
FACILITATION
LABOR MOBILITY
RECRUITMENT
MANAGEMENT
Smith, Rebekah
Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
description International labor migration is becoming an increasingly important employment strategy for developing countries. However, while increasing mobility creates huge potential increases in global welfare, accessing these gains requires careful management and facilitation of labor flows to avoid low-level equilibria. Sending countries will need to design labor-sending systems that balance increased mobility with protection throughout the entire migration process, while ensuring that supply and demand for specific skills are matched. This note proposes a structure for designing a labor-sending system and applies this structure to an assessment of the existing labor-sending system in Afghanistan, which is currently in very nascent stages and is missing many fundamental elements. It then applies the findings of this assessment to propose a way forward in building Afghanistan’s labor-sending system, along with an estimate of how long it will take for the system to become operational.
format Report
author Smith, Rebekah
author_facet Smith, Rebekah
author_sort Smith, Rebekah
title Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan
title_short Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan
title_full Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan
title_fullStr Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan : Institutional Requirements and Policy Processes with and in Afghanistan
title_sort managed labor migration in afghanistan : institutional requirements and policy processes with and in afghanistan
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/319551516914929208/Managed-labor-migration-in-Afghanistan-institutional-requirements-and-policy-processes-with-and-in-Afghanistan
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