- Surviving Pattern of Women and Children Migrants in Urban Bangladesh
- K Farhana / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
- Migration is a relevant phenomenon with important implications at three different levels: local, regional and international. On the wider level, migration is tightly related with globalization and with the workflow of human resources ...
- Commitment to Development Index 2012
- D. Roodman / Center for Global Development, USA, 2012
- The Commitment to Development Index ranks 27 of the world’s richest countries on their dedication to policies that benefit the 5.5 billion people living in poorer nations. Moving beyond standard comparisons of foreign aid volumes...
- World disasters report 2012
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2012
- The World Disasters Report 2012 aims to widen and sharpen the focus on the complex causes of forced migration and the diverse consequences and impacts for both affected populations and humanitarian actors. The report shows that, more ...
- Environmental hazards and short-lived natural disasters have significant implications for population mobility
- B. Terminski / Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2012
- The aim of the current paper is to demonstrate environmentally-induced displacement as an increasingly important category of population movement that represents a new set of challenges to the international community. The pa...
- Indigenous people are increasingly affected by conflict over resources
- B. Terminski 2011
- Extraction and transportation of mineral resources today presents an increasing social problem, leading to environmental damage and causing population displacement on a large scale. This publication presents a broad view of displaceme...
- The first climate refugees? Contesting global narratives of climate change in Tuvalu
- C. Farbotko; H. Lazrus / Science Direct, 2012
- This article explores the uncertain outcomes of climate change effects for different populations. It argues that understanding climate change requires broad conceptualisations that incorporate multiple voices and recognise the agency ...
- Emerging Reality in Customary Land Tenure: The Case of Kachenga Village in Balaka District, Southern Malawi
- P. Kishindo (ed) 2000
- Land is a source of food, employment and export earnings for many African countries. Apart from its economic importance, land also has a significant social value. Some sites are regarded as sacred and are treated with great respect as...
- The Marital Immigrant. Land, and Agricultue: A Malawian Case Study
- P. Kishindo (ed) 2010
- The central and southern regions of Malawi predominantly follow matrilineal succession and inheritance and practice uxorilocal marriages. Women, rather than men, own the primary land rights. Colonial government officials and some Euro...
- Improving remittance utilisation is crucial to combat migration’s adverse effects in South Asia
- D. Premaratne; D.D. Mel / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2009
- Global migration flows have increased in magnitude and complexity due to economic and human security factors, both at sending and receiving ends. This paper explores the trends, nature and role of migration and remittances in South As...
- To what extent does ecosystem degradation force people to migrate?
- F. G. Renaud; O. Dun; K. Warner; J. Bogardi / Wiley Online Library, 2011
- Global environmental change is increasingly affecting ecosystems and the communities who rely on them. However, more work is needed to conceptualise and quantify migration responses to the impact of environmental change and degradatio...
- Commitment to Development Index 2012
- D. Roodman / Center for Global Development, USA, 2012
- The Commitment to Development Index ranks 27 of the world’s richest countries on their dedication to policies that benefit the 5.5 billion people living in poorer nations. Moving beyond standard comparisons of foreign aid volumes...
- World disasters report 2012
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2012
- The World Disasters Report 2012 aims to widen and sharpen the focus on the complex causes of forced migration and the diverse consequences and impacts for both affected populations and humanitarian actors. The report shows that, more ...
- Environmental hazards and short-lived natural disasters have significant implications for population mobility
- B. Terminski / Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2012
- The aim of the current paper is to demonstrate environmentally-induced displacement as an increasingly important category of population movement that represents a new set of challenges to the international community. The pa...
- Indigenous people are increasingly affected by conflict over resources
- B. Terminski 2011
- Extraction and transportation of mineral resources today presents an increasing social problem, leading to environmental damage and causing population displacement on a large scale. This publication presents a broad view of displaceme...
- The first climate refugees? Contesting global narratives of climate change in Tuvalu
- C. Farbotko; H. Lazrus / Science Direct, 2012
- This article explores the uncertain outcomes of climate change effects for different populations. It argues that understanding climate change requires broad conceptualisations that incorporate multiple voices and recognise the agency ...
- Emerging Reality in Customary Land Tenure: The Case of Kachenga Village in Balaka District, Southern Malawi
- P. Kishindo (ed) 2000
- Land is a source of food, employment and export earnings for many African countries. Apart from its economic importance, land also has a significant social value. Some sites are regarded as sacred and are treated with great respect as...
- The Marital Immigrant. Land, and Agricultue: A Malawian Case Study
- P. Kishindo (ed) 2010
- The central and southern regions of Malawi predominantly follow matrilineal succession and inheritance and practice uxorilocal marriages. Women, rather than men, own the primary land rights. Colonial government officials and some Euro...
- Improving remittance utilisation is crucial to combat migration’s adverse effects in South Asia
- D. Premaratne; D.D. Mel / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2009
- Global migration flows have increased in magnitude and complexity due to economic and human security factors, both at sending and receiving ends. This paper explores the trends, nature and role of migration and remittances in South As...
- To what extent does ecosystem degradation force people to migrate?
- F. G. Renaud; O. Dun; K. Warner; J. Bogardi / Wiley Online Library, 2011
- Global environmental change is increasingly affecting ecosystems and the communities who rely on them. However, more work is needed to conceptualise and quantify migration responses to the impact of environmental change and degradatio...
- The consequences of population aging - governments must plan for a looming labour shortage
- D.K. Foot / Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada, 2008
- The continued participation of older people in the economic life is a key factor to their own well-being as well as that of their nations on the whole. Covering Canada specifically, this paper looks at possible and appropriate policie...
- Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)
- Campaigning against the global trafficking in people
- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
- Organisation promoting respect for the human rights of undocumented migrants within Europe.
