Information, exploitation and empowerment: the case of Indonesian overseas workers

dc.contributor.author	Hugo, G.
dc.date.issued	2003
dc.description	© Scalabrini Migration Center
dc.description.abstract	The central significance of information in migration decision-making has long been recognized but its role in influencing international labor migration, one of the fastest growing types of international population movement, has been little examined. The paper takes the Indonesian case to demonstrate that in such migration the information available to potential migrants is limited and often distorted, which partly explains why many migrants encounter problems. It is argued that the timely provision of comprehensive, relevant and accurate information can better enable migrants to make decisions about migration which are likely to be in their own interests and it also can empower migrants to deal more effectively with exploitation.
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	G. Hugo
dc.identifier.citation	Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 2003; 12(4):439-466
dc.identifier.doi	10.1177/011719680301200402
dc.identifier.issn	0117-1968
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2440/14165
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Scalabrini Migration Ctr
dc.source.uri	http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=basic&eid=2-s2.0-2042513639&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1
dc.title	Information, exploitation and empowerment: the case of Indonesian overseas workers
dc.type	Journal article
pubs.publication-status	Published

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