India and Migration
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- The state of environmental migration 2011
- F. Gemenne / International Organization for Migration, 2012
- This report is the second volume in an annual series, which aims to provide regular assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration. This volume focuses on cross-border displacement and the securitisation of...
- Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration
- K. Warner / United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
- This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory re...
- What happens to families when a member of the household migrates?
- Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2009
- The study of the difficulties faced by those who stay behind when a member of their household migrates temporarily are under-researched in migration studies. The aim of this briefing is to summarise the effects of the temporary absenc...
- Challenging how donors evaluate development success
- S. Patel; S. Bartlett / Development in Practice, 2009
- This article challenges the terms on which donor agencies evaluate development success, drawing on a particular case to make its point. It describes the resettlement of 60,000 people squatting along the railway tracks in Mumbai, a pro...
- India: livelihoods issues within poor households in migration
- A. Rafique; D. Massey; B. Rogaly / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2006
- What can in-depth and long term ethnographic research contribute to our understanding of why some households use migration as part of their livelihood strategy while others do not? How can ethnography enrich our understanding of the c...
- Views on the current financial crisis from the global South
- Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
- The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored it...
- An overview of the children of seasonal migrants in India
- Smita (first name only) / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
- There are still many categories of children in India for whom adequate and appropriate strategies are not in place for their effective education. One such category are the children of seasonal migrants. This paper identifies...
- Focusing on the health risk behaviour of migrant workers and its influence on the HIV epidemic in the semi arid tropics of Andhra Pradesh
- B V J. Gandhi; M C S. Bantilan; D. Parthasarathy / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
- This paper discusses the livelihood dynamics in the fragile landscape of the semi arid tropics of Andhra Pradesh. The area is home to the poorest of the poor who live in conditions of persistent drought, subsistence agricult...
- Indian men employed in London's hospitality sector
- A. Batnitzky; L. Mcdowell; S. Dyer / School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, 2008
- The migration of middle-class Indian men working in the hospitality sector in west London illustrates the intersection of gender and social class in organising both who migrates and what types of labour they consequently perform. In t...
- Positive and negative roles of migration for the survival prospects of children in Rajasthan
- M. Unnithan-Kumar; K. McNay; A. Castaldo / Sussex Centre for Migration Research, 2008
- Migration is an increasing feature which defines the lives of the rural and urban poor in India, however few studies have considered its effects on the health of migrants and their families. This paper examines the high levels of infa...
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