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    International migration and livelihoods in southeast Nigeria

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    This study identifies and examines factors leading to international migration from Nigeria, looks at the consequences on rural livelihoods in selected states in the country as well exploring the implications of international migration in the context of its perceived impacts on the Nigerian economy as a whole.Key findings from the study include:there is a very high degree of rural-urban
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    The global migration of talent: what does it mean for developing countries?

    2005
    This paper explores available policy responses to human capital flows improve the net effect on development without making the international migration system even more illiberal than it is today. Altogether the ‘brain drain’ is large and has been growing over he past years.
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    Remittances to Comoros: volume, trends, impact and implications

    World Bank, 2004
    In Africa, Comoros ranks second, after Eritrea, in terms of its dependence on remittances. This study is a first attempt to analyse the magnitude, economic impact, seasonal variation and regional distribution of remittance flows to Comoros.
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    Migration, poverty and development in Nepal

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2004
    High unemployment rates compel Nepalese people to migrate within and outside the country in search of better opportunities of livelihood.
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    Global governance for migration and the environment: what can we learn from each other?

    Global Commission on International Migration, 2005
    This paper reflects on major governance-related developments in both global environmental governance (GEG) and global migration governance (GMG). It extracts the lessons practitioners can learn from the strengths and weaknesses of both fields.GMG is uncalculated in its organization, with major outstanding governance issues.
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    Early departures: the emigration potential of Zimbabwean students

    Southern African Migration Project, 2005
    This study examines the causes for Zimbabwe’s brain drain. It presents the results of a survey of final-year college and university students in Zimbabwe.
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    Cutting edge pack: gender and migration

    BRIDGE, 2005
    How does migration advance or impede gender equality? How can policy-makers and practitioners promote gender equality in work on migration? This report seeks to answer these questions by looking at both internal and international migration, regular and irregular migration, as well as across the spectrum from forced, such as trafficking, to voluntary migration.
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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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    Global aging and fiscal policy with international labor mobility: a political economy perspective

    International Monetary Fund, 2005
    This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. It looks at links between migration, aging, the economy and politics in sending countries.
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    Migrant women from West Bengal: livelihoods, vulnerability, ill-being and well being: some perspectives from the field

    Eldis Document Store, 2004
    This paper examines the issues faced by migrant women from West Bengal to Delhi, as understood through interactive discussion sessions with such groups. Specifically, the authors met with elderly migrant women who had migrated from West Bengal to Delhi without their families.

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