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Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies of their points of departure and destinations alike. The water sector, and the availability of water itself, implicitly and explicitly shape migration flows. Ebb and Flow: Volume 1. Water, Migration, and Development presents new global evidence to advance our understanding of how fluctuations in water availability, as induced by rainfall shocks, influence internal migration, and hence regional development. It finds that cumulative water deficits result in five times as much migration as water excess does. But there are important nuances in why and when these events lead to migration. Where there is extreme poverty and migration is costly, water deficits are more likely to trap people than induce them to migrate. Water shocks can also influence who migrates. Workers leaving regions because of water deficits are often less advantaged than typical migrants and bring with them lower skills, raising important implications for the migrants themselves and receiving regions. Cities are the destination of most internal migrants, but even here, water scarcity can haunt them. Water shortages in urban are

Who reads Ebb and Flow : Volume 1. Water, Migration, and Development?

Author

Esha Zaveri; Jason Russ; Amjad Khan; Richard Damania; Edoardo Borgomeo; Anders Jägerskog; Grupo del Banco Mundial

Publisher

World Bank Publications

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781464817472

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Management, Business