In this article I have presented the kernel of the migration literature on remittances. I started from their three most debated features: stability, cyclicality and sustainability. I then moved to the motives driving remittances and, finally, their relationship with development. Both...

Labour migration and remittance flows can reduce poverty and create human development opportunities for vulnerable households in this region. Migration can also help make labour markets more flexible and boosts competitiveness in destination countries. However, personal tragedies—in terms of...

The article presents a juxtaposition of the non-material effects of earlier migration from Eastern European, dating from the turn of the twentieth century, with those of the contemporary era of migration from Eastern European since the 1990s. The analysis shows that some aspects, such as...

This article examines human development aspects of the large cross-border labour migration and remittance flows in Eurasian region among the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It focuses in particular on the sustainability of these flows, and on...

Labour migration and remittance flows can reduce poverty and create human development opportunities for vulnerable households in this region. Migration can also help make labour markets more flexible and boosts competitiveness in destination countries. However, personal tragedies—in terms of...

This paper, the neoclassical model of labour supply has been used to investigate the labour force participation and the probability of being employed for the case of Bangladesh. To our knowledge, this represents one of the first detailed studies of labour force participation for Bangladesh and...