International labour migration by women from Vietnam to Taiwan: policy and practice. Issue 8 (16th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Phuong, Nguyen Quynh; Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed; Venkatesh, Sundar
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 30:Issue 8(2020)
• Page Start: 1005
• Page End: 1015
• Publication Date: 2020-11-16
• Subjects: Labour and livelihoods – Migration -- Gender and diversity -- Governance and public policy -- East Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1782843
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article aims to investigate the efficacy of the Vietnamese government's policy to use international labour migration, specifically domestic workers, as a tool for the economic development of women. Several context-specific factors, including social and cultural, were found to limit the size and duration of the development impact of such a policy. The article concludes that international labour migration cannot be a substitute for government policies and programmes supporting skill development and industrial investments in the poorer provinces of Vietnam, which are home to many of the labour migrants.