Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh

The question of how rural labour markets and migration can be made to work better for poverty reduction is the focus of the paper. Using select case and longitudinal studies from five parts of India and Bangladesh, the key processes that shape rural labour markets and how these have evolved over tim...

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Main Authors:	Deshingkar, Priya, Farrington, John
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9199

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spelling	okr-10986-91992021-04-23T14:02:44Z Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh Deshingkar, Priya Farrington, John World Development Report 2008 The question of how rural labour markets and migration can be made to work better for poverty reduction is the focus of the paper. Using select case and longitudinal studies from five parts of India and Bangladesh, the key processes that shape rural labour markets and how these have evolved over time with the changing macro-economic, policy, agro-ecological and infrastructural context are discussed. The authors find that, while agricultural wages have remained relatively low, a few rural labouring households have been able to break out of poverty through household diversification strategies that use a combination of two or more of the following: accessing regular work (not necessarily well-paid) inside or outside the village; leasing in land or being given a land by a patron for cultivating; and starting up a small business. The evidence highlights the complexity of household labour allocation strategies and why analyses based on national statistics alone are not able to capture them. 2012-06-26T15:41:25Z 2012-06-26T15:41:25Z 2006 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9199 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank South Asia
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description	The question of how rural labour markets and migration can be made to work better for poverty reduction is the focus of the paper. Using select case and longitudinal studies from five parts of India and Bangladesh, the key processes that shape rural labour markets and how these have evolved over time with the changing macro-economic, policy, agro-ecological and infrastructural context are discussed. The authors find that, while agricultural wages have remained relatively low, a few rural labouring households have been able to break out of poverty through household diversification strategies that use a combination of two or more of the following: accessing regular work (not necessarily well-paid) inside or outside the village; leasing in land or being given a land by a patron for cultivating; and starting up a small business. The evidence highlights the complexity of household labour allocation strategies and why analyses based on national statistics alone are not able to capture them.
author	Deshingkar, Priya Farrington, John
author_facet	Deshingkar, Priya Farrington, John
author_sort	Deshingkar, Priya
title	Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
title_short	Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
title_full	Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
title_sort	rural labour markets and migration in south asia: evidence from india and bangladesh
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2012
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Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh

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