Labour migration and livelihoods
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- What are the implications of the dynamic between migration and climate change?
- ( M. Laczko / International Organization for Migration , 2008)
- This paper analyses the relationship that coexists between migration and climate change. It looks at the nature of forced migration and discusses development implications, and policy appropriate respo...
Has China’s economic growth led to improved welfare for families?
- ( Guifen Luo / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2007)
- Based on interviews with rural-urban migrants in Anhui and Sichuan provinces of China, this paper focuses on the coping strategies adopted by Chinese rural-urban migrant families to deal with the tens...
- Linking migration and development policies
- ( A. Gallina / Federico Caffe Center, Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University , 2007)
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This paper examines the linkages between migration and development with a particular focus on the post-tsunami and civil conflict approach in Sri-Lanka. It also reviews migration policies and their...
- Are Chinese women migrant workers fighting back against social discrimination?
- ( A. Loong-yu;N. Shan;Z. Ping / Committee for Asian Women , 2008)
- This report assesses the impact of the capitalist reforms since the 1990’s in China’s one-party system. It particularly focuses on the experiences of women rural migrant workers and looks ...
- The linkages between migration, remittances and social development
- ( H. de Haas / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2007)
- This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances and various dimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader conceptual framework of migrat...
- How can GMS countries reap the benefits from labour migration?
- ( J. Bryant;P Rukumnuaykit / World Bank Publications , 2006)
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In recent years, cross-border labour migration within the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) has increased sharply. Thailand is the major recipient of the migrant labour within the region due&nbs...
- Retaining migrants workers as carers
- ( W.N. Leutz / Immigration Policy Center (IPC), American Immigration Law Foundation , 2007)
- The growing need to provide long-term care to the elderly is among the leading demographic, political, and social challenges facing industrialised countries like the United States. The ageing of large...
- What is the impact of activism on behalf of Foreign Domestic Workers ?
- ( M. Ford;N. Piper / Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong , 2006)
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This paper discusses female labour migration in East and Southeast Asia and the regimes that seek to regulate it. One particular area of focus is on discussing the regulations, or lack of them, con...
- Latin Americans in Europe: what are the barriers to achieving wellbeing?
- ( K. Wright-Revolledo / ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath , 2007)
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International migration from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to the EU has grown steadily in recent years. But how do these migrants see their situation and what kind of obstacles do the...
- Information on young migrants
- ( United Nations Population Fund , 2006)
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Why do young people move? Who are they? This report explores the lives of young migrants from or those whose lives are marked by the experiences of spouses or relatives who have moved abroad.
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