MIRAB

Map of the Pacific Islands. The MIRAB model represents the typical economic structure of the region.

MIRAB is a concept used to describe the economic structure and social conditions in the Pacific Islands. It is an acronym for Migration, Remittance, Aid, Bureaucracy. The term represents the general economic structure of Pacific nations, where they send labor migrants abroad and rely on their remittances and foreign economic aid as their primary sources of income. The bureaucracy functions as a conduit for the distribution of this economic aid.[1]

  1. ^ Kantaro, Takahashi (2018). "太平洋の島嶼地域における2つの流動量の決定要因の比較". 経済地理学年報 (in Japanese). 64 (1): 24–35. doi:10.20592/jaeg.64.1_24.