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    Sexual behaviour and perceptions of risk: male rural-urban migrants in Tanzania

    Population Environment Research Network, IUSSP-IHDP, 2005
    This study, presented at the 2005 International Population Conference, examines male rural-urban migration in Tanzania and its interaction with HIV risk. The study poses three key questions: does the sexual behaviour of migrants differ from rural residents; how does this sexual behaviour differ; and do these migrants know more about HIV than rural residents?
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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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    The state of the world population 2005: the promise of equality: gender equity, reproductive health and the millennium development goals

    United Nations Population Fund, 2005
    This year’s The State of World Population Report stresses that gender equality and reproductive health are essential to the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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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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    Gender analysis of the patterns of human trafficking into and through the Koh Kong Province

    Legal Support for Children and Women, Cambodia, 2005
    This research project presents a situational and gender analysis into the patterns of human trafficking into, through and from Koh Kong in Cambodia, as well as identifying areas of weakness in the current criminal justice and social welfare response within Koh Kong and between Cambodia and Trad province in Thailand.
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    An action plan to prevent brain drain: building equitable health systems in Africa

    Physicians for Human Rights, 2004
    This paper, by Physicians for Human Rights, examines the brain drain of medical personnel from countries with weak health systems and offers a plan of action to stop it. The document outlines how 38 of 47 sub-Saharan African countries do not meet the minimum 20 physicians per 100, 000 population.
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    Health workforce challenges: lessons from country experiences

    High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2004
    This report, written for the High Level Forum on Health MDGs, outlines the looming crisis in human resources for health (HRH) confronting most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and suggests concrete actions that can be taken to avert this crisis. The authors outline three dimensions of the crisis. Firstly, there is an absolute shortage of health workers in some countries.
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    International migration in Thailand

    International Organization for Migration, 2005
    This report examines migration trends in Thailand and emphasises the implications of large-scale movements of people within, to and from the country.
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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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