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  Migration and pro-poor policy in West Africa

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004

  This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted on migration and pro-poor policy in West Africa. The paper identifies the importance of migration to the poor, discusses migration policies, key issues and policy gaps in each country, as well as the region as a whole.
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  Migration and pro-poor policy in Africa

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004

  This paper reports on the findings of a survey on migration and pro-poor policy in Africa.
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  Reactions to the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean

  Eldis News Monitor, 2005

  Weblog containing a collection of news, commentary and analysis looking at the development related impacts and implications of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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  World Youth Report 2005

  United Nations [UN] Programme on Youth, 2005

  This report presents an overview of the global situation of young people.The report highlights the following issues: the impact of globalisation on young women and men; the use of and access to ICTs; the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people; the active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational
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  World Employment Report 2004-2005: employment, productivity and poverty reduction

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This year's ILO report finds that half the world's workers (some 1.4 billion people) are trapped in grinding poverty unable to earn enough to lift themselves and their families above the US$2 a day poverty line.
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  Globalization, poverty, and all that: factor endowment versus productivity views

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004

  This paper assesses to what extent factor endowment models help to understand important globalisation and poverty processes.
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  In search of work: international migration of women in Latin America and the Caribbean, selected bibliography

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

  This bibliography on the migration of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in search of work forms part of the activities of the ECLAC/GTZ project "Gender oriented labour market policy," whose main objective is to promote the implementation of measures in favour of equality in employment and labour market policies.
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  Skilled migration: the perspective of developing countries

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper examines the consequences of skilled migration for developing countries. The authors first present new evidence on the magnitude of migration of skilled workers at the international level and then discuss its direct and indirect effects on human capital formation in developing countries in a unified stylised model.
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  Making child labour law more effective: lessons from Honduras

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  In 1999, all 175 member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. However, legal acknowledgement does not in itself ensure relevant action. In Honduras, leaders have repeatedly pledged commitment to eliminating exploitative and dangerous child labour.
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  Remittances and development: providing funds for the poor

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Remittances sent home by migrant workers are second only to foreign direct investment (FDI) as a money flow into developing countries. The value of remittances substantially exceeds development aid. According to official statistics, these remittances to developing countries reached an estimated US$ 88 billion in 2002 but the real figure is probably at least twice as high.

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