Managed labor migration in Afghanistan : exploring employment and growth opportunities for Afghanistan (English)

Afghanistan’s economic prospects are dim and its growth options limited. This puts pressure on the labor market, with 400,000 new entrants joining the labor force annually. As in the past, this will likely lead to mostly illegal emigration with limited employment prospects and wages in neighboring countries (Pakistan, Iran) and beyond. This is unfortunate given Afghanistan’s geographic proximity to the world’s third largest migration destination region...
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  • Holzmann,Robert;

  • 2018/01/01

  • Working Paper

  • 122987

  • 1

  • 1

  • Afghanistan,

  • South Asia,

  • 2018/01/25

  • Disclosed

  • Managed labor migration in Afghanistan : exploring employment and growth opportunities for Afghanistan

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Holzmann,Robert.

Managed labor migration in Afghanistan : exploring employment and growth opportunities for Afghanistan (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/746891516915310370

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