International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level

Migration in Afghanistan has been a relevant phenomenon during the last several decades, driven by a complex combination of protracted conflict, food insecurity, natural disasters, and socioeconomic factors. Around 4.8 million Afghan currently live...

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Main Author:	Garrote-Sanchez, Daniel
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	LABOR MARKET LABOR MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH REFUGEES ECONOMIC MIGRATION REMITTANCES RETURNEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/536541530196136716/International-labor-mobility-of-nationals-experience-and-evidence-for-Afghanistan-at-macro-level http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30268

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spelling	okr-10986-302682021-05-25T09:17:04Z International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level Garrote-Sanchez, Daniel LABOR MARKET LABOR MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH REFUGEES ECONOMIC MIGRATION REMITTANCES RETURNEES Migration in Afghanistan has been a relevant phenomenon during the last several decades, driven by a complex combination of protracted conflict, food insecurity, natural disasters, and socioeconomic factors. Around 4.8 million Afghan currently live abroad, most of them in neighboring Iran and Pakistan. While prior migration waves consisted of refugees to a large extent, in the last decade economic migrants have been increasingly prevalent, not only to Iran but also to Gulf Cooperation Council and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Due to the lack of formal mechanisms for migration, however, the vast majority of flows have an irregular nature. As a consequence, official statistics vastly underestimate the value of remittances at 1.7 percent of GDP, while analysis that includes informal channels raise this figure by up to 10 times. Overall, although a relatively small share of families benefits from remittances, they provide a vital source of income and act as a buffer against income shocks. 2018-08-21T15:15:42Z 2018-08-21T15:15:42Z 2017-06-28 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/536541530196136716/International-labor-mobility-of-nationals-experience-and-evidence-for-Afghanistan-at-macro-level http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30268 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Afghanistan
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topic	LABOR MARKET LABOR MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH REFUGEES ECONOMIC MIGRATION REMITTANCES RETURNEES
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description	Migration in Afghanistan has been a relevant phenomenon during the last several decades, driven by a complex combination of protracted conflict, food insecurity, natural disasters, and socioeconomic factors. Around 4.8 million Afghan currently live abroad, most of them in neighboring Iran and Pakistan. While prior migration waves consisted of refugees to a large extent, in the last decade economic migrants have been increasingly prevalent, not only to Iran but also to Gulf Cooperation Council and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Due to the lack of formal mechanisms for migration, however, the vast majority of flows have an irregular nature. As a consequence, official statistics vastly underestimate the value of remittances at 1.7 percent of GDP, while analysis that includes informal channels raise this figure by up to 10 times. Overall, although a relatively small share of families benefits from remittances, they provide a vital source of income and act as a buffer against income shocks.
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author	Garrote-Sanchez, Daniel
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title	International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level
title_short	International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level
title_full	International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level
title_fullStr	International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level
title_full_unstemmed	International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level
title_sort	international labor mobility of nationals : experience and evidence for afghanistan at macro level
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/536541530196136716/International-labor-mobility-of-nationals-experience-and-evidence-for-Afghanistan-at-macro-level http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30268
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International Labor Mobility of Nationals : Experience and Evidence for Afghanistan at Macro Level

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