Let Their People Come by Lant Pritchett

Let Their People Come by Lant Pritchett

In Let Their People Come, Lant Pritchett discusses five "irresistible forces" of global labor migration, and the "immovable ideas" that form a political backlash against it. Increasing wage gaps, different demographic futures, "everything but labor" globalization, and the continued employment growth in low skilled, labor intensive industries all contribute to the forces compelling labor to migrate across national borders. Pritchett analyzes the fifth irresistible force of "ghosts and zombies," or the rapid and massive shifts in desired populations of countries, and says that this aspect has been neglected in the discussion of global labor mobility. Let Their People Come provides six policy recommendations for unskilled immigration policy that seek to reconcile the irresistible force of migration with the immovable ideas in rich countries that keep this force in check. In clear, accessible prose, this volume explores ways to regulate migration flows so that they are a benefit to both the global North and global South.

"This book makes the case for unskilled migration in a more original, challenging, and entertaining way than any other I have seenIt will influence researchers through its clever use of analysis, policymakers through its powerful rhetoric and vision, and the general public because it is simply a very good read." —L. Alan Winters, Development Research Group, The World Bank

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"Immigration will be a key issue of the 21st century. [Pritchett's book] is a provocative contribution in an area where provocation is needed." —Mary Robinson, Ethical Globalization Initiative

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"Pritchett gives us the most lucid and forward-looking account of the one aspect of 21st century globalization that politicians still refuse to recognize and manage properly: labor migration. If you care about the state of the world in the future, you will find this book irresistible and useful reading." —Ernesto Zedillo, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, and former President of Mexico

Lant Pritchett is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development and is a lead socioeconomist with the World Bank, based in New Delhi, India. From 2000 to 2004 he was lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has published over fifty journal articles and papers on a range of topics including labor mobility, education, economic growth, poverty, health, safety net programs, population issues, and international trade.

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ISBN 13	9781933286105
ISBN 10	1933286105
Title	Let Their People Come
Author	Lant Pritchett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Center for Global Development
Year published	2006-09-30
Number of pages	151
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