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    International migration, remittances and development: myths and fact

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    This paper examines the reciprocal migration-development relationship by discussing and dispelling seven migration myths that are prevalent in public discourses.
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    Forced labour and migration to the UK

    Trades Union Congress, 2005
    This study analyses existing evidence at the demand factors, production systems and labour shortages which might promote coercive recruitment and employment practices in certain industries and sectors in the UK.
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    Millennium Development Goals and migration

    International Organization for Migration, 2005
    This paper discusses the linkages between migration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with specific focus on poverty alleviation, gender, health, environmental sustainability and global partnerships.The report finds that there is a substantial gap in research and analysis on how migration is linked to attaining the MDGs.
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    NAFTA's promise and reality: lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003
    The report has two objectives: to determine how quality of life in Mexico has been affected by trade liberalisation in North America. It focuses on the microlevel of people and their communities, on changes in household income, paychecks, rural employment and agricultural production.
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    Remittances as development finance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
    This brief paper discusses the literature on remittances in three areas: the developmental impact of remittances; policies to enhance the developmental impact of remittances; and remittances and migration policy.It highlights that the literature might over-emphasise the extent to which remittances are used for investment, but that remittances may initially concentrate on consumption and then be
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    Brain drain and beyond: returns and remittances of highly skilled migrants

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    What consequences do the recruitment immigration policies of the developed world and the strongly increasing international migration of the talented have on the societal problems of the developing world? This article focuses on acute, emigration-induced problems, and on the lack of, and limitations to, migrant return and remittances for the small, developing and vulnerable sending country.
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    Children of international migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines: a review of evidence and policies

    UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005
    This paper looks at problems and opportunities faced by three groups of children affected by international migration:children left behind by international labour migrants from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailandchildren of Thai nationals in Japanchildren brought along by irregular migrants in Malaysia and Thailand.Main findings include:migration of parents impr
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    2004 World survey on the role of women in development: women and international migration

    WomenWatch, UN, 2005
    This paper addresses both the opportunities for empowerment of migrant women and the challenges and vulnerabilities women face in the context of migration.
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    Migrating for more: children's access to education in Mongolia

    Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2005
    This paper summarises the findings of research on migration and children's access to education in Mongolia.
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    Understanding the implications of migration for pro-poor agricultural growth

    Programme of Advisory and Support Services to DFID, 2004
    This paper examines the nature of changes and trends in rural-urban migration and the relevance of local labour markets and remittances to the livelihoods strategies of the rural poor.Main findings include: temporary migration and commuting are now a routine part of the livelihood strategies of the rural poor across a wide range of developing country contextsin many parts of South A

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