Behind Successful and Unsuccessful Overseas Migration: What Matters?a Case Study of Bangladesh

The Effects of ICT/e-Government on Migrant Workers' Remittance Inflows in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study

“…The recruitment agencies in terms of both public (G2G) and private (B2B) agencies have become embedded as important actors in transnational labor mobility (Kovacheva, Popivanov, & Burcea, 2019). A study conducted by Paul, Alam, and Islam (2019) shows that 98% of the successful migration of workers was facilitated by private recruiting agencies (B2B process); successful migration ensures remittance inflows in the recipient country.…”

“…Scholars have found that remittance inflows increase with the increase of number of bank branches per inhabitant (Paul et al, 2019). Scholars argue that banks receive remittances as a reliable form of income and may open more financial opportunities to recipients (Ratha, 2006).…”

“…Formal financial institutions that are involved in remittance management and that are measured by the central bank when those remittances are channelled through formal financial institutions (Aggarwal et al, 2011) Number of bank and FIs and branches per 1,000 inhabitants (Paul et al, 2019) Financial Development (FD) "Credit to private sector is used as proxy and it is measured by the share of domestic credit to private sector in GDP" (WB, 2022a).…”

“…Interviewees told that both National ICT Policy and Overseas Employment Policy of Bangladesh are good to increase the number of migrant workers as well as remittance inflows, but these policies need to be executed and implemented properly. On other hand, scholars opine that the ICT and digitalization-led e-Government can ensure ethical recruitment processes conducted by recruiting agencies and supported by Overseas Employment Policy 2016 of Bangladesh and number of legalized migrant workers will be increased that leads to a higher remittance inflow (Barkat, Hossain, & Hoque, 2014;Paul et al, 2019).…”