Essays about: "migration in Cambodia"
Found 4 essays containing the words migration in Cambodia.
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1. SEX WORK AND TRAFFICKING IN ”WESTERN” DISCOURSE : Examining the dissonances between US narratives and Cambodian women’s experiences
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : By examining Cambodia as a case study, this thesis is exploring the resonances and dissonances between “Western” discourse reflected in US policies and NGOs and women’s experiences of sex work and trafficking. The massive attention to human trafficking driven by the US “War on trafficking” has undoubtedly had tremendous consequences on women’s lives in Cambodia, as the US still exerts a very prominent influence on the country especially through development aid. READ MORE
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2. MIGRATING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON MIGRATION CHOICES AND OUTCOMES IN CAMBODIA
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : By answering the questions (1) What are the underlying reasons for choosing to migrate irregularly rather than regularly, and what are the implications of this choice? and (2) How and under what structural conditions are Cambodian migrants and their households using remittances? this study seeks to understand labour migration and development interactions in Cambodia, by examining why migration and remittances bring about positive social transformations in some Khmer households and much less so, or even negative transformations, in others, in order to comprehend how their impacts can be better realised through policy in Cambodia. The research employed a case-study, based on 36 semi-structured interviews with migrant workers and their families, and 3 interviews with experts on migration. READ MORE
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3. Sex trade related migration in Cambodia - A case study of the brothel town Svay Pak
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Sex trade is an obvious part of the labour market for resource poor, migrant women, a category that might be increasing substantially in numbers with the feminization and increase of migrant flows in developing countries. Still there is not much economic research on the topic. READ MORE
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4. From clothing to productive rice: Do the migration and spending patterns of Cambodian garment workers show signs of a trickle-down effect?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Cambodia suffers from a large rural-urban gap. Given agricultural underemployment a Lewisian perspective on economic growth can be applied, with the secondary sector being the garment industry in Phnom Penh. It provides employment and domestically high wages to a quarter of a million rural women who remit large shares to their families. READ MORE