Introduction -- The history of migration-development -- The political economy of uneven development and in Sri Lanka -- In search of the "good life": uneven development and forced migration -- The cost of being exploited: fees, debts and the merchants of labour -- Manufacturing success: status...

There has been increased emphasis on the linkages between international migration and development at international, regional and national levels in the past two decades. This recognition of migration as a developmental tool has generated calls for mainstreaming migration in development with some...