GLBL ST 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kuwait, Economic Migrant, North American Free Trade Agreement
Document Summary
A powerful discourse about supposed (and actually nonexistent) biological / cultural difference. But lingers, usually in less explicit forms, today. Companies benefit from using workers from countries with lower wages. Border securitization (increase in last few decades) Easier for goods for people to move. Easier for some people than others to move. Us, then germany have highest number of migrants. Uae, qatar, kuwait have highest percentage population of migrants. Larger amount of people moving within global south than north to south. Remittances (money earned overseas sent home) have increased since 1990. Account for much more money going into developing country economies than official development assistance from wealthy nations. Much more stable and increasingly important source of income for many lower income countries. War, conflict, poverty, corruption, job and education opportunities. Migrant: any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a state away from his/her habitual place of residence .
