Ellerman, David

This article focuses on the debate about the developmental impact of migration on the sending countries. Throughout the post-Second World War period, temporary labour migration has been promoted as a path to development. Remittances have grown to rival or surpass official development assistance and have increased living standards in the sending countries. However, the evidence […]

The major development agencies have ex cathedra ‘Official Views’ (with varying degrees of explicitness) on the complex and controversial questions of development. At the same time, knowledge is now more than ever recognised as key to development–in the idea of a ‘knowledge bank’ or knowledge-based development assistance. The author argues that these two practices are […]