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    Making migration "development friendly": temporary worker schemes in the UK

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2005
    This paper examines the specific aspects of the design of migrant temporary worker schemes in the UK, and how this affects their impact on development.Four policy areas are identified: governance of recruitment, legislation and enforcement of workers’ rights, facilitation of financial flows (remittances), and return and reintegration programmes.The paper argues that at present the schemes ar
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    Migration and development: new strategic outlooks and practical ways forward: the cases of Angola and Zambia

    International Organization for Migration, 2005
    This paper assesses and analyses the migration and development situation of Angola and Zambia, with a special focus on skills migration and a review of government policies and capacity related to skills migration and initiatives of various stakeholders, including donors and civil society organisations.Findings and recommendations include:in Angola the process of recovery and reconciliat
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    Regularization programmes: an effective instrument of migration policy?

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    This paper explains the rationale, types and outcomes of migrant regularisation programmes in destination countries, highlighting their meaning and potential.The first part of the paper provides an overview of the concept and history of regularisation programmes in various countries.
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    Twilight statuses: a closer examination of the unauthorized population

    Migration Policy Institute, 2005
    This paper discusses the situation of unauthorised migrants in the United States, describing the twilight statuses that some among the unauthorised population hold. These are described as partially recognised legal statuses not yet counting as full lawful residence, and usually not providing solid defence against deportation if they are discovered and placed into removal proceedings.
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    Regionalism in West Africa: do polar countries reap the benefits? A role for migration

    Global Development Network, 2004
    In the present globalization era an increasing attention is paid to the ambiguous relationship between international migration, brain drain, and economic growth, but few papers analyzed the growth impact of skilled migration.There is a consensus on the gains from migration to the home country accruing in the form of migrants’ remittances, creation of business and trade networks as well as migra
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    Migrants' human rights: could GATS help?

    Migration Information Source, 2005
    This brief paper explores how GATS negotiations in the WTO could provide an opportunity to address the human rights risks linked to migration as well as discussing its limitations.
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    Gender dimensions of international migration

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    This paper discusses the question how can or should we understand the gender dimensions of international migration? The paper introduces theoretical and empirical elements related to gender and migration; discusses the different types of causal relationships between gender and migration and suggests a framework for analysis.
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    Diasporas, remittances and Africa south of the Sahara: a strategic assessment

    Institute for Security Studies, 2005
    Modern African "ethno-national" diasporas of today are very different from the "old" black diaspora which emerged out of the slave trade. Contemporary migrants are very much in touch with their homeland, to which they often remit money on a regular basis. They have an economic and political role to play in the countries of departure as well as arrival.
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    Migration without borders: an investigation into the free movement of people

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    This article reviews the literature on the migration without borders (MWB) scenario and assesses its relevance in the contemporary migration context.The review highlights numerous uncertainties surrounding the MWB and concludes that the social and economic consequences of the MWB scenario remain extremely complex.
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    International migration and economic development: lessons from low-income countries

    Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2005
    The study presents a review of the issues and evidence linking economic development in low-income countries with their migration experiences, focusing mainly on labour migration.

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