title: The impact of emigration on national development in the Arab region:  the case of the Yemen Arab Republic.
abstract: "The focus of this article is the impact of emigration on national development in labor sending countries experiencing wide-scale emigration, the main contention being that, due to the characteristics of contemporary labor movements among Arab countries, there obtains a contradiction between short term benefits and long term adverse effects.  The article briefly defines development, then presents empirical evidence from the Yemen Arab Republic of the negative impact of labor emigration."
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fergany
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015006:Yemen
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Manpower Needs; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Western Asia; Yemen