From Rural to Global Labor: Transnational Migration and Agrarian Change in Indonesia and the Philippines
Flordeliz Agra
Ratih Dewayanti
Subekti Mahanani
Deni Mukbar
Indrasari Tjandraningsih + 1 penulis lainnya
Doracie Zoleta-Nantes
March 2010
Abstract
This project studies the impacts of overseas migration on a number of transformations in two villages in Indonesia and the Philippines. The project has focused its attention on the impacts of remittances on land ownership and practice of agriculture. It elaborates on the contexts or reasons behind the promotion, active promotion of the government in sending low-wage workers. It identifies and studies the relationship between transnational migration, remittances and the changing agrarian conditions.