Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
Challenging ideas
On Turkish politics and International affairs

Author

Miyanda Shamba

Social Sciences University of Ankara
Miyanda Shamba
Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries
January 14, 2025
Immanuel Ness’s Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries critically examines the relationship between international labour mobility and economic development in poor countries. The book disputes the belief that labor migration from the Global South to wealthier countries is mutually beneficial. Rather, Ness contends that this migration represents a contemporary form of economic imperialism that perpetuates underdevelopment in poorer countries while benefiting the economies of wealthier nations.

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