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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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    Informal remittance systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries

    The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2005
    This study presents a synthesis of knowledge about informal remittances to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, and their influence on development in those countries.
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Sending money home: a survey of remittance products and services in the United Kingdom

    Department for International Development, UK, 2005
    This report provides comparable and accessible information on the products and services available to people wanting to send money home from the UK to developing countries. The report aims to increase transparency on costs, speed of money transfer, and the coverage and customer service that banks, building societies and money transfer operators offer in the UK.

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