public investment on urban and rural poverty through case studies of India, China, Thailand, and Uganda. And it highlights …

Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation … a significant fraction of income. Remittance flows from internal migrants are relatively understudied, particularly in … Ethiopia. Weaker evidence suggests migrants are additionally motivated to remit as a form of self-insurance against own shocks …

remittances, primarily from male workers overseas. Since human capital is the most important asset for the poor, the escalation in …

reliance on labor remittances exacerbated Tajikistan’s food insecurity and the vulnerability of its households. This study …

Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation … a significant fraction of income. Remittance flows from internal migrants are relatively understudied, particularly in … Ethiopia. Weaker evidence suggests migrants are additionally motivated to remit as a form of self-insurance against own shocks …

"This paper examines nonmarket interactions among migrants from same origins in the urban labor market of Bangkok …, Thailand. We test whether the labor-market performance of previous migrants has externalities to that of new migrants who moved … new migrants (negative substitution effect), (2) the employment probability of previous migrants increases those of new …

"This paper examines nonmarket interactions among migrants from same origins in the urban labor market of Bangkok …, Thailand. We test whether the labor-market performance of previous migrants has externalities to that of new migrants who moved … new migrants (negative substitution effect), (2) the employment probability of previous migrants increases those of new …

increase in farmers� investment in irrigation is essential. While Nigerian farmers� low level of investment in irrigation … an investment. Although reducing transaction costs is important because the reduction provides farmers with a more … return from irrigation investment. …