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Poverty, youth and rural-urban migration in Ethiopia

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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:08 authored by Adamnesh Atnafu, Linda Oucho, Benjamin Zeitlyn
This paper explores the relationships between poverty and rural-urban migration in Ethiopia. It draws upon research particularly of migration for work in the construction industry and domestic work. The paper describes and analyses migration from a poor rural woreda (district) in northern Ethiopia, to the nearby city of Bahir Dar and the capital, Addis Ababa. Extreme poverty is one of the main driving factors behind these flows of migration. Our research suggests that migration of this type does not lead to immediate flows of remittance income from migrants to their households. We explain why this is, and how migrants and their households nevertheless plan to move out of poverty. We argue that there are important non-economic factors and long-term strategies that encourage migration even where working conditions are hard and returns are low.

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Migrating out of Poverty RPC; DFID

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  • Published

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Migrating out of Poverty RPC

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Migrating out of Poverty RPC

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  • Geography Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2014-08-27

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2016-03-22

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-03-22

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