Rationalizing Migration Decisions

A K M Ahsan Ullah, a development and human mobility specialist is Associate Director and Assistant Professor at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo. His selected works appear at International Migration, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal and Routledge.

Part I Setting the Scene; Chapter 1 Introduction: Migration as a Twenty-First Century Issue; Chapter 2 Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Chapter 3 Socio-Economic and Demographic Profiles; Part II The Migration Process; Chapter 4 Networks and Routes Used to Get to Destinations; Chapter 5 The Finance and the Costs of Migration; Part III Rationalizing Post-Migration Decisions; Chapter 6 Working and Living Conditions in the Host Countries; Chapter 7 The Dynamics of Income and Remittance; Chapter 8 Rationalization and the Implications;