Date of Award

1-1-2001

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Business and Economics

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya.

Abstract

This article describes and assesses the latest information on international migration in the context of a global economy, examines the links between international migration and growth, emphasizes the impact of globalization of capital movement and trade as well as the emergence of regional economic cooperation mechanism on migration. This study gathered comparable information on human capital migration, analyzes the cause of migration. and the profound changes globalization have made in the structure, incentives, forms of financial and commercial flows and the labor market, and to further see how modem migration paths are developing. The dynamics, economic impact of migration and challenges in developing countries are also analyzed in order to examine migration's implications for the development and the problems posed by large or unexpected return flows. After discussing the effect of brain drain, the article addresses state intervention and policy measures needed for better management of orderly migration and the reduction of the pressure of migration through international cooperation, varying regulations and policies based on an appropriate balance of the various. concerns. This article finds that greater integration of capital and commodity markets have reduced or further widened income disparities be􀆧n nations and among groups within them. Globalization, particularly liberalization, further reduces the stability of employment although much higher scale of labor mobility exists in the 21st century, which has made international migration steep and relentless in developing countries giving rise to increased migration pressures in the years ahead. This article, it is hoped, will help stimulate thinking into what should be the shape of a future migration regime while emphasizing the positive role of migration in the growth and development of developing countries.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 2002.

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