GLOBALZN 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Remittance, Neoliberalism, Risk Management
5 Feb 2017
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244 million (3. 3% of the world) live outside their birth country. Immigrant population of notable countries: canada: 20%; us-14%; australia=28%; uk=12, uae=83%; qatar=73%; china= 0. 1% Often assumed most migration is from south to north: wrong! 2/3 of migrant flows are within global south. Globalized world economy relies on migrant workers: 600$ bllion us remittance annually. Migrantion is key source of cultural anti-glob. Backlash: has fuelled right-wing populist politicians in us and europe. More ppl r more mobile that ever be4. But: flows of ppl are more strongly resisted and tightly regulted that flows of goods or capital: contrary to neoliberal logic of deregulation. Cultural/identity & security concerns override in this case: some say this is key source of inequality in globalization. Opening immigration would help distribute gains more fairly. Incentives remain powerful: poverty, war, persecution: mu(cid:272)h (cid:373)o(cid:271)ility is therefore u(cid:374)do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)ted/ (cid:858)illegal(cid:859)
