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Workers to Work -- or Work to Workers
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Human Development Report 1992
Workers to Work--or Work to Workers
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<p> If labour migration were to remain restricted and if the
labour-sending countries were instead offered private foreign
capital investment to compensate for the loss of remittances
and income, how much capital investment would be required?
</p>
<p> A recent study answered this question for five Asian
economies by assessing the full income effect of remittances of
the workers' home-country economy and the incremental capital-
output ratios for the countries of emigration.
</p>
<p> The compensatory capital per migrant ranges from $12,200 in
Bangladesh to $32,400 in the Philippines--and the financing
gap from $1.3 billion to $20.2 billion for the same countries.
In relation to foreign direct investment (FDI), however, the
gap story changes. The required compensatory capital is 1,020
times the FDI in Bangladesh and 25 times than in the Philippines--and less than three times that in Thailand.
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<p> Clearly, labour migration appears to be the most viable and
practical alternative for countries that do not have to
mobilize the requisite policy commitment to reform and
restructure its own economies to be better prepared for letting
some economic opportunities travel to countries with high
unemployment and underemployment.
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<p>Source: United Nations Development Programme
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