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- Title
PROSPECTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS: A STUDY ON SIX VILLAGES OF BANGLADESH.
- Authors
Rahman, Sk Mashudur; Sharma, Shreekant
- Abstract
In Bangladesh a significant number of people work as expatriates in different countries. This paper accumulates some of the basic information on the remittance earners to develop a guideline for encouraging entrepreneurship among the remittance earner families. A sample size of 300 respondents has been selected through purposive sampling technique among the six villages of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions. The study finds that mostly young male members of the family with qualifications up to secondary level have migrated to other countries. The most preferred destination includes Middle East countries followed by Malaysia and Maldives. Majority of them send about 1-3 lac taka per year, which is mostly used for consumption purposes. Only 24 per cent of respondents spent their remittances in productive investments though 48 per cent of respondents aspired to run businesses after returning home, for which it was suggested that government should conduct training programmes to enhance their technical skills.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; MALAYSIA; MIGRANT labor; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INDUSTRIAL management
- Publication
Manpower Journal, 2018, Vol 52, Issue 1/2, p77
- ISSN
0542-5808
- Publication type
Article