Migration Opportunities Can Cut Poverty

By Ataur Rahman
August 18, 2009 (The Seoul Times)
Dhaka,Bangladesh Jul 29, 2009 - Creating migration opportunities for the very poor could accelerate the pace of poverty reduction, says the World Bank (WB).”Migration involves high costs but also has high annual returns in terms of remittances accounting 1.5 to 2.5 times of the GDP,” said WB senior [...]