title: Migration and development: myths and reality.
abstract: Recent research on the impact of labor migration on the socioeconomic development of developing countries has provided opportunity to try and resolve some of the long-standing polemics that have pervaded the literature on migration and development.  This article focuses on findings concerning the labor, remittance, and social impacts of emigration on countries that have participated in labor emigration.  While a great deal more research needs to be done, recent findings confirm that in some situations the sort-term impacts of labor migration on sending countries have been considerable.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Appleyard
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Microeconomic Factors; Migration; Origin; Population; Population Dynamics; Remittances; Social Change