Underlying Methodological and Theoretical Aspects

Migration research is fresher than the phenomenon itself. This is because migration phenomenon received delayed attention from researchers, academia, policy makers and international communities. This resulted in deficiencies in unified-but-suitable migration research methods for different geopolitical locales. Migration specific methodologies for research has not yet emerged in a unified manner, therefore, a void in knowledge persists resulting in the growing dilemmas in conducting research in conditions wherein, through and from migrants move over. In founding our texts for the book, we refer to the landmark literature, and dominant theories that have shaped the book. One of the very first explanatory approaches to both internal and international migration focused on individual decision-making. For several scholars, decisions to migrate can only be understood in a global context. In developing countries, debate on the economic effects of migration has taken a radically different turn. Researchers tend to link between migration and development in the origin and destination regions. We turn the problem around by considering the links between emigrants and sending regions via the notion of remittances, a key vector of the impact of migration in developing countries.