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    Measures of change: the demography and literacy of adolescent English learners

    Migration Policy Institute, 2007
    Who are immigrant students and students who do not speak English well? Where are they from? What is their family background (social, economic, linguistic, etc.)? How well do they do in school? Are they developing the literacy needed to take part in higher education and a skilled workforce?
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    Locking up family values: the detention of immigrant families

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
    The recent increase in family detention represents a major shift in the U.S. government’s treatment of families in immigration proceedings. This paper reports the findings of visits to the T. Don Hutto Residential Center and the Berks Family Shelter Care Facility and recommends systemic changes to the U.S. government’s treatment of families in immigration proceedings.
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    Close to slavery: guestworker programs in the United States

    Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007
    This paper discusses the exploitation faced by ‘guestworkers’ in the United States. The paper argues that the rights of guestwokers – temporary workers from largely Latin American countries, particularly Mexico - are not adequately protected.Unlike U.S.
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    Migrant networks and foreign direct investment

    World Bank Publications, 2006
    What are the effects of ethic networks on foreign direct investment (FDI)? This study investigates the link between the presence of migrants in the United States and U.S. FDI in 56 of the migrants' countries of origin.
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    International nurse mobility: trends and policy implications

    World Health Organization, 2003
    This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) examines the trends and policy implications of nurses moving from the developing world to work in wealthier countries.
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    Globalization, informal recycling and the MDGs on the U.S.-Mexico border: the cartoneros of Los Dos Laredos

    Global Development Network, 2005
    In developing countries, scavenging is perceived as an occupation operating on the margins of the society. Yet, scavengers can be part of the solution to the insufficient collection and inappropriate disposal of solid wastes. This paper analyses the scavenging population involved in the informal recovery of cardboard in Laredo, a Mexican city located along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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    ‘White gold’ turns to dust: the price of free trade in cotton

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Cotton, once known as ‘white gold’, has lost its glitter. The slide in global cotton prices is driving ten million farmers in West and Central Africa (WCA) deeper into poverty. Inequalities in the international trading regime are responsible for such distortions. But how can these inequalities be eliminated and the livelihoods of African producers protected?
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    China challenges the Tigers: regional implications of China’s manufactured exports boom

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    China’s manufactured exports have grown so strongly in recent years that its neighbours are seriously worried about the effect on their own export sectors. Are such fears justified, and what are the prospects for the region’s economic tigers – Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand?
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    The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain

    Human Resources for Health, 2004
    This Human Resources for Health paper details the characteristics and trends in migration to the United States (US) of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings reveal that more than 23 per cent of US physicians were trained outside of the US, with a majority trained in low-income or lower middle-income countries.
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    Commitment to Development Index, 2005

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2005
    The Commitment to Development index measures donor countries' committment to development by monitoring not only dollar values of aid, but also trade, investment, migration, security, environment, and technology policies.

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