M
Marie Percot
Researcher at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Publications - 2
Citations - 12
Marie Percot is an academic researcher from School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Work (electrical) & Informal sector. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 9 citations.
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‘Picking up the neighbours’ waste’: migration of Bangladeshi villagers to India metropolises
TL;DR: From a small area of the South West of Bangladesh, thousands of landless farmers cross the border with their family in order to work in the informal sector, mostly in Delhi and Bangalore.
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Bangladeshi Fishermen in Oman: Migration as a Gamble
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the different mechanisms which make migration a very risky gamble for these men, from the recruitment process through local networks, the conditions of work and salaries, the unavoidable path to an irregular status and eventually the arrest and deportation of most of these workers, they propose to show how, structurally, their migratory experience almost always leads to failure and increased poverty.