How unpopular policies are made: Examples from South Africa, Singapore, and Bangladesh

Ingrid Palmary, Thea De Gruchy, Ali Ashraf, Koh Chiu Yee, Kellynn Wee, Charmian Goh and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

No wp-2018-38, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper we consider four factors that shaped the development of migration policy intended to protect the rights of vulnerable migrant women. They are: the role players in the policy change process, the debates that shaped the policy change, the role that research played and the political context in which the policy change took place. Based on case studies from Bangladesh, South Africa, and Singapore, we trace the drivers of policy change in these contexts and how the gendered vulnerability of the intended beneficiaries impacted the policy process.

Keywords: Migration policy; Domestic workers; Trafficking; 3-Is framework; Advocacy coalition framework; Process tracing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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