ABSTRACT
This chapter synthesises knowledge about migration for work, and poverty and inequality. It describes common characteristics of labour migrants: what causes people to migrate, and what the impact of such migration is on people’s and home communities’ well-being, and the inequality within these communities. It highlights that while most of the global attention is dedicated to international migration, most migration and many of the poorer migrants remain within national borders. Major gaps remain in data and knowledge on internal migrants, and this appears to be related to a continued ambivalence in policies regarding migration – both are likely to hinder promoting more beneficial development outcomes from migration.
