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Article: International Migration and Economic Development: Lessons from Low-Income Countries.(Book review)
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- Journal of Economic Issues
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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International Migration and Economic Development: Lessons from Low-Income Countries, by Robert E.B. Lucas. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. 2005. Cloth, ISBN: 1845423836, $108.00. 360 pages.
The migration of humans from one region to another has occurred for millennia. The presence or lack of adequate resources, both within the region of origin and at the migration endpoint, has always been a significant factor in shaping the characteristics of such migration. In fact, there is bilateral causality: while development affects migration, migration also affects development. Movement of peoples to a new area, with inevitably concomitant ...