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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Remittances as aid

Here's another argument for No Borders. Not sure if it's a socialist or a neolib one. Work-migration is the most effective form of international aid:

Is there a Secret Weapon for Fighting Poverty? | UN Dispatch

 

Granted, this then brings us straight into the global outsourcing debate. If somebody cleaning floors in Sydney is bringing money to Indonesia, wouldn't an exploitative factory in Jakarta be even more effective?And it's worth remembering that life for gastarbeiter can be pretty shit -- see the recent outrage in the Philippines about torture of Filipino nurses in Saudi Arabia.
But...facts, facts, facts.

 

 

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