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    A review of migration issues in Pakistan

    Eldis Document Store, 2003
    This paper reviews the various issues surrounding migration into, out of, and within Pakistan, drawing on sources including population census data, official data on foreign exchange remittances sent by Pakistanis abroad, and estimates of trafficking into Pakistan.Its findings include that: according to 1998 census records, some 10 million people, or 8 per cent of the population of Pakis
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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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    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 development: how to make migration work for poverty reduction

    UK Parliament, 2004
    This report illustrates how governments and organisations can make migration work for the poor.

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