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16 Int'l Migration Rev. 4 (1982)

handle is hein.journals/imgratv16 and id is 1 raw text is: The Relationship of U.S. Aid, Trade and Investment to Migration Pressures in Major Sending Countries Thomas K. Morrison 1 U.S. Agency for International Development It has often been suggested that U.S. foreign economic policies, includingthe areas of aid, trade and invest- ment, could be utilized to influence migration pressures in major sending countries. This study explores the feasibility of this proposition by examiningthe linkages between these U.S. economic instruments and migration push factors. These linkages are shown to be indirect, are often quite complex, and the final impact on migration, except perhaps in the long run, is probably small in most cases. This study explores the influence of U.S. foreign assistance, international trade and direct foreign investment on migration pressures in those countries which send large numbers of migrants to the U.S., especially the Caribbean, Central and South America and Mexico. The results should be useful to assess the past impact of these U.S. economic instruments on migration pressures and also to shed light on whether these instruments can be used in the future to influence migration pressures. Due to the breadth of relationships considered, many of these relationships are addressed in a cursory manner that serves primarily to indicate areas for future research. This study does not address the question of whether current levels of migration to the U.S. are beneficial to developing countries or to the U.S. It investigates whether U.S. foreign economic policies can have an impact on migration push factors in the major 1 Dr. Morrison, an economist with AID, appreciates the helpful comments of Charles B. Keely, David North, Constantine Michalopoulos and Richard Sinkin. The views expressed herein, however, are solely the author's responsibility and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. government. 4 IMR Volume 16 No. 1