From Migrant Workers to Independent Entrepreneurs

Agung Mahesa Fikri Ahmad Afandi Suar Team
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By: Agung Mahesa Fikri, Ahmad Afandi, Suar Team

The consumptive migration cycle, in which many migrant workers return with savings but spend them on consumption, forcing them to work abroad again. To break this cycle, entrepreneurial training, financial management, and access to technology are needed so that migrant workers' savings can be managed into productive businesses in the country.

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