title: The changing role of Asian labour migration in the Middle East.
abstract: "The paper explores the changing role and origins of foreign labour in two labour importing states, Kuwait and Jordan.... Because Asian labour is cheaper, politically quiescent and more readily reexportable than Arab labour migrants it has become an increasingly important element of these labour forces.... The paper argues that the strategy of dependent development based on the state's import of large amounts of capital, labour and technology has emphasised specific national identities over a regional pan-Arab one." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D007597:Jordan; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013672:Technology; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Asians; Capital; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Foreigners; Human Resources; Jordan; Kuwait; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrant Workers; Migration; Nationality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Technology; Western Asia