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Título :	North african migration systems: evolution, transformations and development linkages
Palabras clave :	Relaciones Internacionales;International migration;development;remittances;policies;North Africa
Editorial :	Red Internacional de Migración y Desarrollo
Descripción :	The paper first analyses how the evolution and transformation of North African migration systems has been an integral part of more general processes of political and economic change. Subsequently, the extent to which policies can enhance the development impact of migration is assessed by analysing the case of Morocco, the region's leading emigration country. Over 3 million people of Moroccan descent (out of 30 million Moroccans) live abroad, mainly in Europe. Since the 1960s, the Moroccan state has stimulated migration for economic and political reasons, while simultaneously trying to maintain a tight control on «its» emigrants. However, fearing remittance decline, a remarkable shift occurred after 1989. Along with policies to facilitate holiday visits and remittances, the Moroccan state adopted positive attitudes towards migrants' transnational civic activism, integration and double citizenship. Huge increases in remittances (well over $5 billion in 2006) and holiday visits suggest that these policies have been partially successful. However, these policies could only work because of macro-economic stability and continuing emigration, and because they were part a more general process of liberalisation of Moroccan society. Although remittances have positively affected living conditions and economic growth in sending regions, remaining constraints such as corruption, legal insecurity and a lack of trust in the state, explain why many migrants are still hesitant to invest and do not return. The lesson is that targeted «diaspora policies» have limited effects if they are not accompanied by general political reform and economic progress creating attractive environments to return to and invest in.
URI :	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/114200
Otros identificadores :	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=66000704
Aparece en las colecciones:	Unidad Académica en Estudios del Desarrollo - UAED/UAZ - Cosecha

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