Publications on labour migration
March 2017
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Publication
Fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East - Global Component - Midterm Evaluation Summary
02 March 2017
Project: GLO/13/53/UKM - Evaluation consultants: Amy Jersild, Asha D'Souza, Hanan Kwinana, Jhabindra Bhandari
March 2016
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Publication
Review of the government-to-government mechanism for the employment of Bangladeshi workers in the Malaysian plantation sector
11 March 2016
Migrant workers form a key element in labour markets throughout the Asia-Pacific region. In Bangladesh, like many other countries of origin, labour migration is a source of employment, and workers’ remittances are critical to poverty alleviation and for offsetting the foreign trade deficit. Malaysia is a major country of destination, where migrants make up approximately a quarter of the workforce. Migrant workers’ contributions are critical in several key economic sectors, including the multi-billion dollar palm oil industry.
August 2015
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Fair recruitment initiative: Working paper no. 2
Executive summary: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon
19 August 2015
June 2015
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Publication
Labour Market Trends Analysis and Labour Migration from South Asia to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, India and Malaysia
26 June 2015
November 2014
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Brief
5th Annual Labour Attachés Conference
30 November 2014
Labour attachés of Banlgadesh are required to promote employment of Bangladeshi workers and their social protection. The Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment seeks to develop and upgrade the skills and knowledge of the labour attachés through an annual training programme. The programme bring together all the labour attachés from different countries of destination for one-week of information-seeking and sharing, and learning from one another. This report presents information about the training conducted in 2013.
September 2014
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Gender and Migration from Bangladesh: Mainstreaming Migration into the National Development plans from a Gender perspective
30 September 2014
The study presents various dimensions and challenges of labour migration by women in Bangladesh.
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"Reinforcing ties: Enhancing contributions from Bangladeshi diaspora members"
23 September 2014
The Bangladeshi Diaspora has been making significant contributions in development of information communication technologies, promotion of education and training, and bringing some life-changing and quality enhancing innovations to Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh
In the corridors of remittance
11 September 2014
This study on the importance of remittances in livelihood strategy for Bangladeshi households.
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Skilling the workforce Labour migration and skills recognition and certification in Bangladesh
03 September 2014
This report provides a survey of the institutional arrangement in respect of technical and vocational skills in Bangladesh as well as brings out the variety of factors recognized to influence preparation of the workers for overseas employment.
August 2014
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The Cost
Causes of and potential redress for high recruitment and migration costs in Bangladesh
31 August 2014
Study on Bangladesh's efforts to make international recruitment cost effective, transparent, and consistent by bringing into force a variety of measures.