Country Profile Working Hard for the Money: Bangladesh Faces Challenges of Large-Scale Labor Migration The realities of poverty, underemployment, and a large working-age population mean that international labor migration is an expected and necessary part of life for many Bangladeshi men and women. Nazli Kibria of Boston University explains the challenges and opportunities facing Bangladesh as the small nation struggles to balance the need for economic migration and its resulting remittances with the protection of its citizens abroad. Related Articles Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region South-South Migration and Remittances Causes of South-South Migration and Its Socioeconomic Effects Committed to the Diaspora: More Developing Countries Setting Up Diaspora Institutions Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India

Neighboring Countries India Burma (Myanmar) Other Resources Bangladesh Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) http://www.bmet.org.bd/BMET Central Bank of Bangladesh http://www.bangladesh-bank.org The World Bank. Remittances Prices Worldwide http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org US Census Bureau International Data Base http://www.census.gov/population/international

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