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This volume uses recent research from the World Bank to document and analyze the bidirectional relationship between poverty and migration in developing countries. The case studies chapters compiled in this book (from Tanzania, Nepal, Albania and Nicaragua), as well as the last, policy-oriented chapter - illustrate the diversity of migration experience and tackle the complicated nexus between migration and poverty reduction. Two main messages emerge:Although evidence indicates that migration reduces poverty, it also shows that migration opportunities of the poor differ from that of the rest. In

Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- Case studies. --- Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. --- Poverty -- Developing countries -- Case studies. --- Poverty --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Developing countries --- Emerging nations --- Fourth World --- Global South --- LDC's --- Least developed countries --- Less developed countries --- Newly industrialized countries --- Newly industrializing countries --- NICs (Newly industrialized countries) --- Third World --- Underdeveloped areas --- Underdeveloped countries --- Emigration and immigration --- Economic aspects --- Government policy.