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  Livelihood outcomes of migration for poor people

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2003

  This paper reviews the literature on households and communities that use migration as a means to diversify household activities, to improve capacity and flexibility to respond to external shocks, and simply to reduce the number of people the household must sustain.
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  Migration as a livelihood strategy of the poor: the Bangladesh case

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper outlines the history of migration from Bangladesh; identifies the numbers and profile of international migrants; examines labour market conditions and remittance flows; and analyses government policies and programmes for managing migration.
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  Migration, international labour and multicultural policies in Singapore

  Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 2004

  This paper details the history of migration into Singapore and profiles the current situation of migrants living there.
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  Migration in Vietnam: a review of information on current trends and patterns, and their policy implications

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  Internal and international migration has significantly increased in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986.
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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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  Remittances and poverty in Guatemala

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper uses a large, nationally representative household survey to analyse the impact of internal remittances (from Guatemala) and international remittances (from the United States) on poverty in Guatemala.
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  Bridging the gap: involuntary population movement and reconstruction strategy

  Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2003

  This paper aims to bridge the gap between refugee research and resettlement research; and between displacement and reconstruction.
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  Remittances: "the money of the migrants"

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  This brief paper summarises knowledge on migrant remittances in three main areas: the volume of global and regional remittances; the development role of remittances and how this money is used; and how the market for remittance transfers functions.Volume of remittances:Remittances have become the second largest capital inflow to developing countries behind foreign direct investmen
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  How does poverty affect migration choice?: a review of literature

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2003

  This paper takes a sustainable livelihoods approach to understanding the relationship between migration and poverty, and it explores the effects of poverty on people’s decision and ability to migrate.A livelihood approach to poverty and migration emphasises that: whilst migration does occur in response to crisis for some, it is also a central livelihood strategy for many people in the face of p
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  Migration and rural assets: evidence from surveys in three semi-arid regions in South Africa, India and Botswana

  Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2003

  This study explores the links between inequality and migration in semi-arid areas in three developing countries.

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