National Strategy on the Management of Disaster and Climate Induced Internal Displacement
MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT BRIEF 26
PANORAMA MIGRATION FLOWS IN BANGLADESH IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
By Mohammad Towheedul Islam and Tasneem Siddiqui
By Mohammad Towheedul Islam and Tasneem Siddiqui
Resent publication of RMMRU and SCMR in the journal of Climate-influenced migration in Bangladesh: the need for a policy realignment.
By Maxmillan Martin, Yi hyun Kang, Motasim Billah, Tasneem Siddiqui, Richard Black, Dominic Kniveton
Abstract
Recent research into migration in Bangladesh has highlighted that people migrate for better livelihoods, not necessarily in response to climatic stresses and shocks. If facilitated appropriately, internal and international migration can help build adaptive capacity to future environmental and climatic hazards. In this framing, migration happens in the context of a growing city-centred economy that promotes remittances to villages. However, a textual analysis of current and recent policies concerning climate change, development and poverty alleviation, and disaster management shows that the economic and adaptive roles of internal migration are often not included in policy framing. We argue that if migration works as a positive step towards adaptation, then the key challenge is to align the policies with this new understanding.
By Maxmillan Martin, Yi hyun Kang, Motasim Billah, Tasneem Siddiqui, Richard Black, Dominic Kniveton
Abstract
Recent research into migration in Bangladesh has highlighted that people migrate for better livelihoods, not necessarily in response to climatic stresses and shocks. If facilitated appropriately, internal and international migration can help build adaptive capacity to future environmental and climatic hazards. In this framing, migration happens in the context of a growing city-centred economy that promotes remittances to villages. However, a textual analysis of current and recent policies concerning climate change, development and poverty alleviation, and disaster management shows that the economic and adaptive roles of internal migration are often not included in policy framing. We argue that if migration works as a positive step towards adaptation, then the key challenge is to align the policies with this new understanding.