Migration policy
- Including migration into pro-poor policies: Africa
- R. Black / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004
- This paper reports on the findings of a survey on migration and pro-poor policy in Africa. The survey focused on international refugees, IDPs, and on five specific areas of public policy: brain drain; links with diaspora; African Unit...
- Labour migration: policymaking debates in sending countries
- K. E. Andrade-Eekhoff / Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2004
- This paper looks at the dynamics of international migration of labour as part of a process of mutual interdependence between sending and host areas. The paper focuses on Central America in particular and Latin America and the Caribbea...
- Improving remittance mechanisms in Latin America
- M. Orozco / BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2003
- This paper examines the policy opportunities that remittances bring to rural areas where migration has taken place. Remittances pose a very important financial stream in rural areas of Latin America. Mexico, Haiti, the Dominican Repub...
- Challenges posed by increased numbers of non-resident workers for multiculturalism in Singapore
- B.S.A. Yeoh / Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 2004
- This paper details the history of migration into Singapore and profiles the current situation of migrants living there. It explains that: the non-resident population of Singapore expanded from 3 per cent of the total p...
- Characteristics of Vietnamese migrants in the 1990s
- D.N. Anh; C. Tacoli; H.X. Thanh / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- Internal and international migration has significantly increased in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. This paper reviews patterns of migration in Vietnam in the 1990s, drawing on national census data, in order to gain insigh...
- 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...
- Main characteristics of labour migration in Asia
- International Organization for Migration, 2003
- This book explores the new patterns and trends that are emerging in labour migration in Asia, which are affected by not just the labour market, but also national and social circumstances. It presents a compendium of labour migration p...
- 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...
- 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...
- Improving remittance mechanisms in Latin America
- M. Orozco / BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2003
- This paper examines the policy opportunities that remittances bring to rural areas where migration has taken place. Remittances pose a very important financial stream in rural areas of Latin America. Mexico, Haiti, the Dominican Repub...
- Challenges posed by increased numbers of non-resident workers for multiculturalism in Singapore
- B.S.A. Yeoh / Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 2004
- This paper details the history of migration into Singapore and profiles the current situation of migrants living there. It explains that: the non-resident population of Singapore expanded from 3 per cent of the total p...
- Characteristics of Vietnamese migrants in the 1990s
- D.N. Anh; C. Tacoli; H.X. Thanh / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- Internal and international migration has significantly increased in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. This paper reviews patterns of migration in Vietnam in the 1990s, drawing on national census data, in order to gain insigh...
- 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...
- Main characteristics of labour migration in Asia
- International Organization for Migration, 2003
- This book explores the new patterns and trends that are emerging in labour migration in Asia, which are affected by not just the labour market, but also national and social circumstances. It presents a compendium of labour migration p...
- 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...
- 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...
- Migration and the 'brain drain': an analysis of the policy issues
- D. Ellerman / World Bank, 2003
- This paper reports on a survey and analysis of migration issues and the related development policies for the sending countries. North-north migration (between industrial countries), south-south migration (between or within deve...
- 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...
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Research into Hispanic influnces on the United states
- Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)
- Campaigning against the global trafficking in people
