Citation

Connell J. Pacific Research Monograph - Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Nat 1990; 24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990)

DOI

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Abstract

For the past quarter of a century migration has been the most demographic variable in large parts of the South Pacific region. Within the region there is extensive rural-urban migration and beyond the region international migration to the metropolitan states of USA, Australia and New Zealand. The scale of this movement has changed perceptions of development, posed problems for national development and contributed to rapid social and economic change, as island states and islanders have increasingly focused their social and economic aspirations outwards. This collection of papers examines the changing context and impact of migration in eight different states in the region, reviewing such issues as the brain or skill drain, remittances and investment, employment strategies of migrants, the impact of migration on inequality and uneven development and the overall relationship between migration and development. Migration is more closely linked to social issues, including education and suicide, than in many earlier discussions and there is also a strong emphasis on the historical evolution of structures of migration. -from Editor

Language: en

Keywords

migration; employment; economic development; developing country; Pacific; investment; population migration; inequality; (South); island nation; migration impact; remittances; skill drain