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    The interaction between informal land markets and ruralurban migration

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    If accessing urban land through informal markets is one feature that characterises being poor in South Africa’s cities, another is migration. However, very little is known about how informal land markets influence migration patterns and how migration patterns shape informal land markets.
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    The impact of migration on human capital in MENA

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The size of labour outflows in the MENA region makes it important to examine the consequences of emigration on economic development of the origin countries. This paper focuses in particular on the impact of emigration on human capital accumulation both for those left behind and for the migrants themselves.
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    Migration and the environment - Population Bulletin special issue

    Population Reference Bureau, 2014
    As the evidence ofglobal climate change has accumulated, academics, policymakers, and the media have given more attention to migration as a result of environmental change. A major concern is whether climate change will displace large numbers of vulnerable people around the world.
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    50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change

    World Bank, 2014
    For the last 50 years, much of Africa has experienced a decline in moisture availability with the strongest decline happening in areas that were already relatively dry. This trend has affected agricultural productivity and contributed to increased urban migration.
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    Lose to gain: is involuntary resettlement a development opportunity?

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    Resettlement policies and laws in South Asian countries at present focus primarily on compensation payment for property acquired for a public purpose.
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    Migration, location and provision of support to old-age parents: the case of Romania

    Department of Economics, University of Utah, 2013
    The combined demographic developments of population ageing and high rates of migration of young adults are consequential for older parents who face a potential decline in support from adult children. These developments also impact the lives of migrant adults who face the challenge of providing support to ageing parents from a distance.
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    Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific: final report

    Asian Development Bank, 2012
    Asia and the Pacific is the global area most prone to natural disasters, both in terms of the absolute number of disasters and of populations affected. This report aims to identify policy and other responses to impacts of environment events on human mobility within the Asia and Pacific region.
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    Remittances to transit countries: the impact on Sudanese refugee livelihoods in Cairo

    The American University in Cairo, 2012
    Transit countries are way stations or stopping points in the journey of migrants and refugees from their countries of origin to their intended destination countries. Many migrants and refugees become ‘stuck’, often for years, unable to either move onward or to return to their home countries.
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    Livelihoods, migration and conflict: discussion of findings from two studies in W. and N. Darfur

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
    In conflict zones where displacement and insecurity undermine people’s ability to pursue livelihoods, links with Diaspora and the remittances they send are an important source of support. This briefing paper discusses findings from a study conducted in Darfur and explores the changing role of migration and remittances in people’s livelihoods.
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    Do conflicts create poverty traps?: asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia

    Microcon, 2009
    Determining assets as key indicators of household welfare, the authors of this paper seek to analyse how asset losses occur during internal conflicts and the process of asset accumulation following conflict. To conduct such research they focused on an especially vulnerable group of victims of conflict - the displaced population in Colombia.

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