Migration and Sustainable Livelihoods: A Critical Review of the Literature

Abstract

This paper focuses on the links between migration and sustainable livelihoods, looking in particular at the \ninstitutional factors that connect the two. It argues that much of the development literature makes the \nfalse assumption that sedentary patterns in society are the norm, instead making the case that migration is \noften the rule, rather than the exception. It concludes that migration should be seen as just one of the \nlivelihood strategies open to households, that it is often combined with other strategies, and that it is \nfrequently a two-way process in which migrants maintain close links with their areas of origin over a much \nlonger period than is frequently assumed. Pointing out the range of different types of migration, ranging \nfrom voluntary to forced, the paper highlights the complex institutional factors involved in determining \nwho is able to migrate, and who benefits most from it.

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