Leaving Poverty Behind: A Radical Proposal for Developing Bangladesh Through Emigration

Author: Moses, Jonathon W.

Source: Development Policy Review, Volume 27, Number 4, July 2009 , pp. 457-479(23)

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Abstract:

This article argues that the most efficient way of developing Bangladesh is to encourage more emigration. This argument is made in three steps: (i) proposing that 10% of the population be encouraged to emigrate to member states in the Bangladeshi Aid Consortium; (ii) outlining the anticipated costs; and (iii) describing the anticipated gains, which in the light of any feasible alternative, and when contrasted with the relatively meagre costs, are phenomenal and encouraging. By providing individual Bangladeshis with such an opportunity the hopes of the millions remaining behind are strengthened.

Keywords: Migration; development; remittances

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00455.x

Affiliations: 1: Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway ( )., Email: jonathon.moses@svt.ntnu.no

Publication date: 2009-07-01