Causes and consequences of rural-urban migration: A study of migrant street vendors in Dhaka city

Abstract

In developing countries like Bangladesh rural-urban migration affects development in both urban and rural areas. As such, this study focuses on establishing the major causes and consequences of the movement of people from rural to urban areas. The study further focused on the analysis of major factors for migration to Dhaka; the characteristics of migrants; challenges they face at the destination and positive and negative aspects of their migration. In order to carry out this study quantitative method was adopted and 99 migrant street vendors were selected using purposing sampling method in the study. An interview schedule including both open and close ended questions and observation were widely employed for collecting data. Thus, the data obtained from the participants were analyzed for findings.