Climate change and international migration: Evidence from Tajikistan

Author(s): Murakami Enerelt

Published by: ADB Institute

Published in: 2020

Format: Publication

Region: Central Asia

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Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of environmental factors that indicate climate change on household decisions to migrate abroad in the case of Tajikistan, an environmentally vulnerable and a labor-migrant source country in Central Asia. Both long-term climate variation and short-term weather shocks are considered as environmental factors that could induce migration from Tajikistan.

Topics: Climate Change / Climate change adapatation / Migration / Environmental degradation / Displacement,  

Keywords: Climate Change / Climate change adapatation / Migration / Environmental degradation / Displacement,