Bangladeshi Migration to Singapore

Md Mizanur Rahman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. His areas of expertise include migration and development, diaspora engagement, migrant businesses, labor migration, migration policy and migrant remittances. He has conducted extensive fieldwork for his migration related research projects in a number of countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Hong Kong SAR, Qatar, the UAE, India, Indonesia, Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the USA. He is an Editorial Review Board member of Migration Letters, Migration and Development, Remittance Review, South Asian Journal of Global Business Research and International Journal of South Asian Studies. His recent co-edited books include Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong, 2013), Migrant Remittances in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong and AKM Ahsan Ullah, 2014), International Migration and Development in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong, 2015), and International Migration in Southeast Asia (with Lian Kwen Fee and Yabit bin Alas, 2016). His research articles have appeared in leading migration and population journals such as International Migration, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Population, Space and Place, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Asia Europe Journal, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, and Asian Population Studies.

List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Labour, Migration and Policy Framework.- Chapter 3: Social Underpinning of Migration Decision-Making.- Chapter 4: Recruitment of Migrant Labor: Demand for and Supply of Migrant Labour.- Chapter 5: Social and Economic Life of Migrants.- Chapter 6: The Remittance Process: Sending, Receipt and Control.- Chapter 7: Emigration and Empowerment.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.- Index.