Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan

Development trends in Kyrgyzstan include declining agricultural production, a steady increase in remittances to rural areas from labor migration and an increasing role for the non-agricultural sector in the rural economy. These trends suggest that labor migration is having a transformative effect, w...

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Main Author: Murzakulova, A.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: University of London 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131897
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description Development trends in Kyrgyzstan include declining agricultural production, a steady increase in remittances to rural areas from labor migration and an increasing role for the non-agricultural sector in the rural economy. These trends suggest that labor migration is having a transformative effect, with significant opportunities for rural development, but also challenges ahead. Even though migration has a huge impact on the country’s economy (remittances account for some 30% of the country’s GDP), to date migration governance focuses mainly on the rights protection of migrants and does nothing about sending communities and rural development policy. The attractiveness of rural villages for return migration and the well-being of those left-behind should be a major focus for migration policy along with the inclusion of migration as cross-cutting issue in rural development policy at all levels.
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spelling CGSpace1318972024-01-12T12:42:39Z Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan Murzakulova, A. migration governance labour policies rural development households agriculture Development trends in Kyrgyzstan include declining agricultural production, a steady increase in remittances to rural areas from labor migration and an increasing role for the non-agricultural sector in the rural economy. These trends suggest that labor migration is having a transformative effect, with significant opportunities for rural development, but also challenges ahead. Even though migration has a huge impact on the country’s economy (remittances account for some 30% of the country’s GDP), to date migration governance focuses mainly on the rights protection of migrants and does nothing about sending communities and rural development policy. The attractiveness of rural villages for return migration and the well-being of those left-behind should be a major focus for migration policy along with the inclusion of migration as cross-cutting issue in rural development policy at all levels. 2022-12-17 2023-09-19T10:13:40Z 2023-09-19T10:13:40Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131897 en Open Access University of London Murzakulova, A. 2022. Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan. [Policy Brief of the Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change (AGRUMIG) Project]. London, UK: SOAS University of London. 6p. (AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 9)
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governance
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policies
rural development
households
agriculture
Murzakulova, A.
Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan
title Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan
title_full Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan
title_fullStr Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan
title_full_unstemmed Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan
title_short Applying a rural development lens to migration policy in Kyrgyzstan
title_sort applying a rural development lens to migration policy in kyrgyzstan
topic migration
governance
labour
policies
rural development
households
agriculture
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