题目：REMITTANCES AS SOCIAL PROTECTION: IMPLICATIONS OF MIGRATION FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND
主讲：Richard Brown
Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Queensland
主持：程大中教授
复旦大学经济学院世经系
时间：2011年10月12日下午3:30-4:30
地点：复旦大学经济学院514会议室
ABSTRACT：
Globalization is increasingly characterised by the growing role of international migration and remittances as components of national and household incomes. Recent household-level survey data on migration and remittances in a number of countries in Central Asia and the South Pacific regions, demonstrate that where formal social protection systems are largely absent, migration and remittances can perform a similar function informally, contributing significantly to development objectives. Remittances also have a positive effect on poverty alleviation and wealth creation, although the impacts on income distribution are mixed. From a policy perspective these informal social protection and poverty alleviation mechanisms may be more effective in promoting development than policies designed to incorporate remittances into the formal financial systems. Migration and remittances play an increasingly valuable role in small states where domestic development opportunities are limited.
