- Compensating the costs of health worker migration for developing countries
- B. Stilwell / Human Resources for Health, 2003
- It is estimated that in 2000 almost 175 million people, or 2.9% of the world's population, were living outside their country of birth. Medical practitioners and nurses represent a small proportion of highly skilled workers who migrate...
- What are the causes of migration in Cambodia?
- U. Haapala / Mekonginfo, 2003
- This study looks at migration in Cambodia to understand the interconnections between villagers’ livelihoods, environmental changes and migration, particularly in Tonle Sap. The study examines the reasons behind the migration, rur...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Victims of progress: resettling people displaced by development
- David Turton; Chris de Wet / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Infrastructure development projects annually displace over ten million people. Dams, mines, urban renewal projects, water and sewage pipelines, roads and railways all lead to the loss of residence and livelihoods. Do the resettlement ...
- Palestinian livelihoods in Egypt
- Oroub Al Abed / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Palestinians, numbering over eight million around the world, are known among other diaspora communities for their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Palestinians in Egypt are currently employed in a wide range of professions, among...
- Don't fence them in. Quest for sustainable livelihoods keeps millions on the move
- Arjan de Haan / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Why do so many people in developing countries leave their homes and travel long distances to make a living? This puzzle prompted studies recently reported on by researchers at the Poverty Research Unit at the University of Sussex, in ...
- Realities of leaving. Why people are moving out of Zambia's troubled South
- J. Copestake / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- The nature and causes of migration in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are still poorly understood. University of Bath researchers surveyed two neighbouring yet contrasting areas of southern Zambia to track where people were moving, a...
- Timelines: how rural livelihoods are evolving in Nepal and India
- P. Blaikie; D. Seddon / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How do the ways in which rural people make a living change over time? Ongoing studies by University of East Anglia researchers along with partner organisations in India and Nepal, are tracking the different ways in which rural people ...
- Rights for the world's evicted. Are development projects harming people they're meant to help?
- Theodore E. Downing / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- In the current decade, 10 million people a year have been displaced (forced to move) by development projects intended to improve their lives. The evidence is clear that such displacement, caused by large-scale dam, infrastructure and ...
- Dispossession and disempowerment: the impact of migrants in Zimbabwe’s Zambezi valley
- Vupenya Dzingirai / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Migration studies in southern Africa have looked in detail at the history and politics of movements of people to frontier zones. But have they paid enough attention to the impact on indigenous inhabitants? Are migrants really the agen...
- Gendering migration: maternal mobility across the rural-urban divide in Kenya
- C.S. Molyneux; V. Mungala-Odera; T. Harpham / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Do policy-makers know enough about the lives of migrant mothers? Do they understand the mobility patterns, rural-urban linkages and household structures of women who combine urban life with strong attachments and visits to rural areas...
- On the move: migration, globalisation and sustainable development
- Cecilia Tacoli; David Okali / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- By all appearances, migration has stepped up in the past two decades. Is it correct to say that migration is one of the problems of globalisation? What effect does this movement have on local economic growth? Does it contribute to sus...
- International migration in policy and practice in South Asia
- Francis Watkins / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- International migration from South Asia has grown in importance over the last 50 years, in terms of the number of migrants and the economic impact of this movement. In the past three decades, there have been significant changes in the...
- Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM)
- The OKFestival, the first ever Open Knowledge Festival, was held in Helsinki, Finland in September 2012. With the theme of Open Knowledge in Action, it looked at the value that can be generated by opening up knowledge and the impacts that transparency can have in our societies. Emerging from the event, is the Open Book, a collection of indepth discussion pieces from pioneers of the Open Knowledge movement. With contributions from Duncan Edwards, from the Knowledge Services Programme at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, it includes a collaborative chapter on exploring what openness in processes and the co-construction and sharing of knowledge can mean for international development, in terms of "enabling the intended ‘beneficiaries’ of development ... to be the authors, architects and artisans of any development activity [Tony Roberts]"....
- 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
