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The Kyrgyzstan–Russia migration corridor
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Reeves, Madeleine |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Kyrgyzstan has emerged as one of the most remittance-dependent states in the world, with migrant transfers worth over one-third of the country's 2018 GDP. The majority of the country's 800,000 migrant workers (from a population of 6.2 million) travel to Russia, where visa-free access, an abundance of low-skilled work, and the presence of an extensive informal infrastructure for accessing the housing and labour markets has facilitated the emergence of a well-developed migration corridor. This chapter explores the emergence and functioning of this corridor with a particular focus on the impacts on sending communities. It argues that migrant work abroad has increasingly come to serve as a livelihood strategy in land-poor districts of Kyrgyzstan's south. Migration has become integral to the articulation of socially-recognised adulthood, particularly for young men seeking to meet the demanding costs of marriage; and it has had significant impacts on development potentials in Kyrgyzstan, affecting both the rural economy and the urban housing market. The chapter suggests that, while there has been a diversification of migrant destinations in the wake of Russia's financial crises, ritual inflation and cash shortages in rural areas mean that migration is likely to remain a primary livelihood strategy for the foreseeable future. Book Name: Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development |
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| Ending Page | 457 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 452 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315276908-41 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-02-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development Applied Ethics History and Philosophy of Science Livelihood Kyrgyzstan Migration Russia Functioning Corridor Market Housing Migrant |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
