- Remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Guatemala
- R.H. Adams / World Bank, 2004
- This paper uses a large, nationally representative household survey to analyse the impact of internal remittances (from Guatemala) and international remittances (from the United States) on poverty in Guatemala. The author finds: ...
- Assessing strategies to support emigrants from Kerala to the United Arab Emirates
- K.C. Zachariah; B.A. Prakash; S. Irudaya Rajan / Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2002
- The total stock of Indian emigrants in the Arab region in 2000 was estimated to be about 3.07 million. Of them, about 1 million are reported to be in UAE. The total stock of Kerala emigrants in UAE was about 500,000 in 2001. Current e...
- How much money do countries receive from migrant remittances, and what are the benefits?
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004
- This brief paper summarises knowledge on migrant remittances in three main areas: the volume of global and regional remittances; the development role of remittances and how this money is used; and how the market for remittance transfe...
- Effects of poverty on choosing migration as a livelihood strategy
- H. Waddington; R. Sabates-Wheeler / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2003
- This paper takes a sustainable livelihoods approach to understanding the relationship between migration and poverty, and it explores the effects of poverty on people’s decision and ability to migrate. A livelihood approach...
- Migration and livelihoods within Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India
- P. Deshingkar; D. Start / Overseas Development Institute, 2003
- Seasonal and circular migration of labour for employment has become one of the most durable components of the livelihood strategies of people living in rural areas on India .This paper looks at why some groups within India have succee...
- Labour migration in Nepal is highly complex, but demands further analysis
- G. Gill / Overseas Development Institute, 2003
- This paper discussesthe development of rapid appraisal mechanisms through an examination of seasonal labour migration in rural Nepal. The primary purpose of the study was to: test the methodology being used to develop a...
- UK government report on value of remittances for poverty reduction
- UK Parliament, 2004
- This report illustrates how governments and organisations can make migration work for the poor. It looks at the opportunities for improving the quality of migration, and ways in which policy can shape and respond to migration to make ...
- Greater coherence is needed between trade and migration policies
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
- The temporary movement of service suppliers under Mode 4 of the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has emerged as a major issue in current WTO negotiations. Given that it bridges both trade policies and migration...
- Ensuring teacher recruitment is not detrimental to national education systems
- Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004
- This document provides the full text of the Commonwealth teacher recruitment Protocol, adopted by Ministers of Education on September 1st, 2004. The Protocol aims to balance the rights of teachers to migrate internationally, on a temp...
- Impacts of teacher migration
- A. Sives; W.J. Morgan; S. Appleton / Centre for Comparative Education Research, University of Nottingham, 2004
- This paper highlights the importance of the role of teachers in developing countries not only as educational leaders, but also in recognising their contribution to wider community and national development. The paper argues that the mi...
- Circulation of skills to turn the brain drain into a win-win situation
- P. Wickramasekara / International Migration Branch, ILO, 2003
- This paper looks at different possible policy responses to the emigration of highly skilled persons from developing countries (the brain drain) with the goal of minimising its adverse effects and promoting the sharing of gains between...
- Not giving a damn: private financiers and dam displacement
- Jason Stanley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- During the last fifty years, between 30 and 80 million people have lost their homes and livelihoods through dam construction. In the wake of fiscal crises and changing donor priorities governments are turning to the private sector to ...
- How will Arab labor migration be affected by population and employment trends in the GCC?
- M. Girgis / Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2002
- The paper reviews the population and labor migration record of the Gulf Countries Council (GCC). The paper develops a set of four alternative scenarios regarding the prospects of Arab labor migration to the region. A review and an ana...
- How can regulation boost remittance flows to Africa?
- C. Sander; S.M. Maimbo / World Bank in Africa, 2003
- This paper presents a preliminary analysis of migrant remittances in Africa based on a review of widely dispersed data and documentation. Its purpose is to stimulate and inform discussions of the role remittances play in African econo...
- Migrant remittances to developing countries
- C. Sander / Bannock Consulting, 2003
- This study offers an introduction to remittances and their developmental contributions, with a particular focus on issues related to financial services. It looks at remittance flows, channels and transaction costs, related regulations...
- Economic consequences of emigration for the home country
- B. Ramamurthy / SIDA Studies, 2003
- This report provides an overview of the effects of emigration on home countries to understand the dynamics of emigration with respect to the labour-source countries. It provides general information on immigration trends and specifical...
- Remittances are an important source of finance for Latin America
- R. Suro 2003
- According to IADB, total remittances are due to surpass foreign direct investment as a source of capital for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2003. The total aggregate of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean during this de...
- SADC countries can benefit from services liberalization
- K. M Kennedy / World Bank, 2003
- This paper argues that for trade liberalization in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region to have any meaning it is important that services liberalization keep pace with trade liberalization. It identifies key issues ...
- Migration in Vietnam: driven by the state or the market?
- Heather Xiaoquan Zhang; P. Mick Kelly; Catherine Locke / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Are migration studies premised on a false ideological bias? Is the operation of a free market the engine of migration? What have we learned about the linkages between migration and development? How do individual and family livelihood ...
- What are the causes of rural to urban migration in China?
- Z. Zhao / China Center for Economic Research, Beijing, 2003
- While rural to urban migration has been a major feature of the development process in most developing countries, China has experienced this trend mainly since the economic reforms in 1978. Prior to the reforms, migration was limited a...
- Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM)
- The CEDEM is an interfaculty centre which aims to carry out theoretical and empirical research in the fields of human migrations, ethnic relations and racism. Among others, the Centre is interested in the relations between migration processes and uneven development. These researches are led in a pluri-disciplinary perspective: political science, sociology, anthropology, international relations, la...
- Institute for Human Security
- Based at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, the Institute for Human Security is a new university-wide institute, which endeavours to further interdisciplinary research on all aspects related to human security as defined by the United Nations and encourages an ongoing dialogue between academia, development agencies and policy makers.
- Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] (RAU)
- The Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] is an independent, non-governmental organisation. Its Mission is to provide high-quality research for the purposes of relevant and current policy change. RAU is run by a Management Committee composed of experienced researchers and advocacy experts.RAU’s work to date has focused on three major areas that are important in the current crisis in Zimbabwe: Wom...
- African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS)
- The ACMS is an independent, interdisciplinary and internationally engaged Africa-based centre of excellence for research and teaching that shapes global discourse on human mobility, development and social transformation.
- INFOCON
- INFOCON aims to promote a better understanding of how Civil Society Organisations representing Transnational Communities can work on preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and worldwide. Financed by the EU under the Seventh Framework Programme, this three-year research project was launched in April 2008.
- December 18
- Migration advocacy organisation
- The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG)
- Te Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG) is a multidisciplinary research centre on ageing at NUI Galway. ICSG focuses on research, education and training in the field of social gerontology in Ireland and internationally. There is a specific research focus on rural gerontology, the economics of ageing and on technology and ageing.
- Caritas Europa
- Caritas Europa brings together 48 organisations that are active in 44 European countries. It is one of the seven regions of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations. Caritas Europa focuses its activities on issues related to poverty and social inequality, migration and asylum within all countries of Europe, humanitari...
- The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) (CoRMSA)
Strengthening partnerships between refugee and migrant service providers
- UN global initiative to fight trafficking
- Fighting human trafficking
