Costs and Benefits of Cross-Country Labour Migration in the GMS

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The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, includingASEAN andAPEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued more than 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 Costs_Benefits.indd 2 6/21/12 10:56:10 AM The Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) The GMS Development Series is an initiative of CDRI. Established in 1990, CDRI is Cambodia’s leading independent development policy research institute. Its mission is to contribute to Cambodia’s sustainable development, and the well-being of its people, through the generation of high quality policy-relevant development research, knowledge dissemination, and capacity development. CDRI works to achieve this mission in partnership with Cambodian public institutions and civil society, and their regional and international development partners, with respect for the capacity of the Cambodian people and their institutions, for the value of local knowledge and experience, and for Cambodia’s history and culture. 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Its publications, in both English and Khmer, are available as free PDF downloads from its website at . 00 Costs_Benefits.indd 3 6/21/12 10:56:10 AM The Greater Mekong Subregion Development Analysis Network (GMS-DAN) The Greater Mekong Subregion Development Analysis Network (GMSDAN ) is a collaborative research network of leading development policy research institutes in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan province of China. GMS-DAN’s current core members are: • The Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), Cambodia • The National Economic Research Institute (NERI), Lao PDR • General Department of Statistics, National Committee for Planning and Investment, (formerly National Centre of Statistics), Lao PDR • Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), Thailand • Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Vietnam • Institute of Economics, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam • ASEAN Regional and Industrial Development Research Centre, Faculty of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, China The GMS-DAN has, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, undertaken collaborative research, and published research reports and associated publications, on the following topics: • The Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis on the Southeast Asian Transitional Economies • Labour Markets in Transitional Economies in Southeast Asia and Thailand • Off-farm and Non-farm Employment in Southeast Asian Transitional Economies and Thailand • The Cross-Border Economies of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam • Pro-poor Tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion • Labour Migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion • Agricultural Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion • Assessing China’s Impact on Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion. 00 Costs_Benefits.indd 4 6/21/12 10:56:10 AM Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore Costs and Benefits of Cross-Country Labour Migration in the GMS GMS Development Series 2 A CDRI Publication and Edited by Hossein Jalilian First published in Singapore in 2012 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: http:/ /bookshop.iseas.edu.sg All rights reserved. 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