In this overview paper, basic questions related to voluntary internal migration are revisited with a view to adding some of the substantial new field evidence that has emerged in recent years and setting out the policy implications of these findings. The paper addresses internal voluntary migration for paid work. It includes both permanent and temporary migration as well as rural-rural, rural-urban, urban-rural and urban-urban migration. The evidence suggests that internal population movements are growing. Probably the three most significant recent changes in the pattern of internal population movement in recent years are- The feminization of migration; The emergence of more accumulative kinds of migration which can contribute to the reduction of poverty; The increase in temporary migration, especially commuting
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