Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore: The view from inside

Rahman, Mizanur; Fee, Lian Kwen

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“…Ullah reports that the level of remittances from Hong Kong and Malaysia to Bangladesh increases substantially during the Muslim religious festivals such as Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha . Rahman also reports similar trends in his studies on Bangladeshi migrants in Singapore (Rahman , 2009a(Rahman , 2010a. He found that the social and religious pressures on migrant workers before religious festivals contribute to the increased remittances before festivals.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…A household survey was the main source of data for the home country and interviews, life stories and focus-group discussions for the destination country. Rahman conducted two surveys on Bangladeshis in the Singapore-Bangladesh and the UAE-Bangladesh remittance corridors (Rahman 2010a. He used a variety of field-survey techniques to collect comparable qualitative and descriptive quantitative data across the two sending and receiving settings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although there are different kinds of voluntary migration to the industrialized West, they are usually perceived as long-term or permanent emigration. Migration to the Middle East and Southeast Asia is typically considered as short-term contract migration (Adhikary et al, 2011;Rahman and Fee, 2005;Ullah, , 2011Siddiqui, 2003).…”

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Migrant Remittances in South Asia

Rahman¹,

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2014

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Migrant Remittances in South Asia

Rahman¹,

Tan²,

Ullah³

2014

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“…Spending a large portion of migrant remittance on basic necessities is understandable as the majority of migrant workers, particularly those from most developing countries, come from relatively lower socioeconomic backgrounds (Taylor and Lopez-Feldman, 2010;Mahmood, ,1995Appleyard, 1996;Siddiqui and Abrar, 2003;Rahman and Fee, 2005;Piotrowski, 2006;Anna, 2009;O'Brien, 2009). It is also notable that, while investment accounts for 30 per cent, as Rahman et al (2006) argue, most of these are speculative investments in real-estate to finance conspicuous consumption.…”

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“…Migrant remittance is receiving increased attention ( Rahman and Yeoh, 2008;de-Haas and Rodrguez, 2010;Rahman, 2012Rahman, , 2010Rahman and Fee, 2005 ) as it has now become the second largest source of external development finance (Cohen, 2005). Migrant remittance is also seen as an indispensable part of economic survival for many developing countries (IOM, 2005).…”

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The Political Economy of South Asian Diaspora

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2013

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Temporary migration and changing family dynamics: implications for social development

Rahman

2009

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Drawing upon longitudinal data, this research documents the relationship between migration and development by highlighting the conditions which promote changes in social and familial relations, social positioning, and intergenerational relationships within the families who experience temporary out‐migration and the return of at least one male member. The fieldwork data (based on two surveys) derive from research conducted on Bangladeshi temporary migrants in Singapore and in an ‘origin’ village in Bangladesh in 2001 and 2006. The study reports that male labour migration has contributed to social changes in their own families and villages over time that are most likely to stimulate, in turn, macro‐changes in Bangladeshi society in the long run. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore: The view from inside

Cited by 38 publications

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Migrant Remittances in South Asia

Migrant Remittances in South Asia

The Political Economy of South Asian Diaspora

Temporary migration and changing family dynamics: implications for social development

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