The root causes of movement: Exploring the determinants of irregular migration from Afghanistan

Abstract

This chapter is based on The Social Innovation Landscape in Asia, the final report of the research that was conducted by the research team of The Hope Institute, based in Seoul, in 2013–14. The research was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation for a better and systematic understanding of social innovation practices in Asia. This chapter was presented at the conference ‘Grassroots Regionalisation and the Frontiers of the Humanities in East Asia: Korea as a Hub’, held by The Australian National University and was revised by one of the principal investigators, Dr EunKyung Lee, a research fellow in The Hope Institute.