Labour Mobility An Enabler for Sustainable Development

With the rise of attention paid to the subject of migrant workers in the Gulf and controversy surrounding the conditions in which these migrants work and live, labor mobility has become a significant aspect of GCC economic development. The region is host to around 15 million expatriate workers who generate around $80 billion in annual remittances each year and support an estimated 150 million dependents in their various home countries. This book provides a variety of approaches to the subject of labor mobility as an enabler for human, economic and social development. It explores migration policy and governance in the GCC states, the potential for research collaboration between migrant-sending and -receiving countries. Containing research concerning the relationship between remittances and economic cycles in home and host countries and the implications of labor mobility for families and households, this book offers vital research for those in economic development and the study of labor in the Middle East.

The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Foreword; Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi
Introduction: Labour Mobility: A Regional Debate for Global Solutions; Ali Rashid Al-Noaimi and Irena Omelaniuk
1. The Development Impacts of Temporary Migration and the Protection vs. Opportunities Trade-off; David McKenzie
2. The Economic Development Benefits of Human Mobility to Source Countries; Yaw Nyarko
3. The Effects of Remittances; George Naufal and Islmail H. Genc
4. Recessions and Remittances in Home and Host Countries: An Overview; Serdar Sayan
5. Seize the Spotlight: A Case for GCC Engagement in Research on the Effects of Labour Migration; Michael Clemens
6. Migration Policy and Governance in the GCC: A Regional Perspective; Zahra Babar
7. Optimizing Benefits from Labour Mobility: The Case for Research Collaboration between Bangladesh and the GCC; C.R. Abrar
8. Drivers of Development: The Impact of Indian Labour Migration to the GCC; S. Irudaya Rajan