Rural migration and its impact on agricultural production and rural development in the Near East
1989
Richards, A. (California Univ., California (USA). Dept. of Economics)
Labour mobility from rural areas has profoundly affected agricultural development in the Near East. Migration from one rural area to another, from rural areas to cities, and from rural areas to other countries has had diverse effects on agricultural labour supply, on investment and technological change, and on the pattern and rate of growth of demand for food. This paper will provide an overview of hypotheses and policy issues concerning the impact upon agricultural development of international, rural-urban, and rural-rural migration. Migration has had both positive and negative effects on agricultural development. The process has been very complicated, and despite its importance, it remains relatively understudied. Accordingly, this paper is mainly an attempt to formulate hypotheses which are tentatively advanced in this paper
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