The Impact of the Gulf War on Migration and Remittances in Asia and the Middle East

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ID9952582
AuthorsJonathan S Addleton (United States Agency for International Development, corresponding author), J Addleton
Year1991
Volume29
Issue4
Pages509-526
Publication date1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.1991.tb01037.x
PMID12159608
OpenAlexW2058104401
LanguageEN
Citations received12

The author discusses the impact of the 1990 Gulf war on the migrant worker populations in the region, with a focus on migration and remittances in Asia and the Middle East. Both immediate and long-term effects are considered. "From the perspective of foreign migrant communities living in the Gulf...the war...was much more of a disaster for Arabs than for Asians....Arab migrant populations...were dramatically affected by the Gulf crisis. In contrast, the Asian migrant community was largely concentrated in Saudi Arabia and the [United Arab Emirates] and remained relatively less affected by the crisis. Subsequent polarization in the Arab world gives Asian labor-exporting countries an unexpected opportunity to increase their share of Gulf labor markets still further in the coming years." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)

China · Development economics · East Asia · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Gulf war · Middle East · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political science · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Socioeconomic Development in MENA

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