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LABOUR MIGRATION AS A TOOL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION : A case study from a northern upland commune in Vietnam

Do Jörgensen, Thao (2007)
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
The government of Vietnam has recently launched policies concerning labour migration as a tool for poverty reduction. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which these policies contribute to poverty reduction by focusing on one commune in the northern uplands of Viet Nam, where people have been encouraged to go to Malaysia as contracted workers. This study is a contribution made from local people's experience and their own perspective concerning this matter. The empirical material, based on semi-structured interviews and group discussions with local people, both the migrant labourers themselves and their families, is analysed according to the "two social realities" approach in the context of labour migration. The findings... (More)
The government of Vietnam has recently launched policies concerning labour migration as a tool for poverty reduction. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which these policies contribute to poverty reduction by focusing on one commune in the northern uplands of Viet Nam, where people have been encouraged to go to Malaysia as contracted workers. This study is a contribution made from local people's experience and their own perspective concerning this matter. The empirical material, based on semi-structured interviews and group discussions with local people, both the migrant labourers themselves and their families, is analysed according to the "two social realities" approach in the context of labour migration. The findings of this study suggest that the policy of exporting labour should not be seen a good tool for poverty reduction in the context of Vietnamese society, where a lack of information, transparency and social security leaves contracted workers unprotected while overseas. (Less)
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author
Do Jörgensen, Thao
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organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Vietnam, labour migration, poverty reducation, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
language
English
id
1324981
date added to LUP
2007-03-12 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-03-12 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{The government of Vietnam has recently launched policies concerning labour migration as a tool for poverty reduction. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which these policies contribute to poverty reduction by focusing on one commune in the northern uplands of Viet Nam, where people have been encouraged to go to Malaysia as contracted workers. This study is a contribution made from local people's experience and their own perspective concerning this matter. The empirical material, based on semi-structured interviews and group discussions with local people, both the migrant labourers themselves and their families, is analysed according to the "two social realities" approach in the context of labour migration. The findings of this study suggest that the policy of exporting labour should not be seen a good tool for poverty reduction in the context of Vietnamese society, where a lack of information, transparency and social security leaves contracted workers unprotected while overseas.}},
  author       = {{Do Jörgensen, Thao}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{LABOUR MIGRATION AS A TOOL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION : A case study from a northern upland commune in Vietnam}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}