Why the Poorest Countries Send the Fewest Migrants

Rose grew up in a village outside Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, the first in her family to finish secondary school.

Rose grew up in a village outside Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, the first in her family to finish secondary school. Joy grew up outside Manila, in much the same circumstances. Both wanted the same thing: a job somewhere that would actually pay. Joy trained as a nurse. Because the Philippines has spent half a century building the infrastructure to place its nurses abroad, from recruitment agencies to licensing pathways to financing, she had a clear and well-established route to a hospital job overseas. Rose had nobody abroad, no lender willing to consider her, and no route to follow. Joy…

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• Thuraya Ibadbekova

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