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The impact of international migration on social and economic development in Moroccan sending regions

A review of the empirical literature (Study 2007)

Hein de Haas

Despite its status as one of the world’s leading emigration countries, empirical work on Morocco has been largely absent from the lively theoretical debate on migration and development. The social and economic impact of international migration on Moroccan migrant-sending regions is assessed here through a review of empirical studies.