Matt Withers is a research fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. His research is concerned with the political economy of temporary labour migration and the developmental implications of remittances both in Sri Lanka and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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• 1 The History of Migration-Development; 2 The Political Economy of Uneven Development and in Sri Lanka; 3 In Search of the ‘Good Life’: Uneven Development and Forced Migration; 4 The Cost of Being Exploited: Fees, Debts and the Merchants of Labour; 5 Manufacturing Success: Status and the Re-socialisation of Migrant Labour; 6 Remittances and the Financing of Uneven Development; 7 The Unequal ‘Wins’ of Temporary Labour Migration; 8 Conclusion: Migration-Underdevelopment

Matt Withers is a research fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. His research is concerned with the political economy of temporary labour migration and the developmental implications of remittances both in Sri Lanka and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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• 1 The History of Migration-Development; 2 The Political Economy of Uneven Development and in Sri Lanka; 3 In Search of the ‘Good Life’: Uneven Development and Forced Migration; 4 The Cost of Being Exploited: Fees, Debts and the Merchants of Labour; 5 Manufacturing Success: Status and the Re-socialisation of Migrant Labour; 6 Remittances and the Financing of Uneven Development; 7 The Unequal ‘Wins’ of Temporary Labour Migration; 8 Conclusion: Migration-Underdevelopment

Matt Withers is a research fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. His research is concerned with the political economy of temporary labour migration and the developmental implications of remittances both in Sri Lanka and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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• 1 The History of Migration-Development; 2 The Political Economy of Uneven Development and in Sri Lanka; 3 In Search of the ‘Good Life’: Uneven Development and Forced Migration; 4 The Cost of Being Exploited: Fees, Debts and the Merchants of Labour; 5 Manufacturing Success: Status and the Re-socialisation of Migrant Labour; 6 Remittances and the Financing of Uneven Development; 7 The Unequal ‘Wins’ of Temporary Labour Migration; 8 Conclusion: Migration-Underdevelopment