title: International contract migration and the reintegration of return migrants: the experience of Sri Lanka.
abstract: "This article attempts to shed light on the issue of how far the labor exporting countries can monitor the process of reinsertion of return migrants in the domestic economy, with a view to maximizing net gains from international labor migration, drawing upon the experience of Sri Lanka.  It begins with an examination of the socioeconomic characteristics of migrant workers with special emphasis on their post-migration activity status and the pattern of remittance utilization.  Then it proceeds to evaluate critically the self-employment scheme that has been introduced by the Sri Lankan labor administration to advise and train return migrants in establishing themselves in business.  The findings point to the danger of expecting too much from policy initiatives in this sphere."
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Athukorala
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Migrant Workers; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Remittances; Return Migration; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Sri Lanka