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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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  NAFTA's promise and reality: lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003

  The report has two objectives: to determine how quality of life in Mexico has been affected by trade liberalisation in North America. It focuses on the microlevel of people and their communities, on changes in household income, paychecks, rural employment and agricultural production.
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  Searching for best practices to counter human trafficking in Africa: a focus on women and children

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2005

  This report contributes to the discussions on the concept of Best Practices (BP) to counter human trafficking, and offers analytical tools to examine the use of the concept.The paper is structured as follows:analysis of the political, legal, social and cultural aspects of trafficking of women and children in Africaintroduction of Haas’ concept of epistemic community to trace how a B
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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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  Children of international migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines: a review of evidence and policies

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005

  This paper looks at problems and opportunities faced by three groups of children affected by international migration:children left behind by international labour migrants from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailandchildren of Thai nationals in Japanchildren brought along by irregular migrants in Malaysia and Thailand.Main findings include:migration of parents impr
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  2004 World survey on the role of women in development: women and international migration

  WomenWatch, UN, 2005

  This paper addresses both the opportunities for empowerment of migrant women and the challenges and vulnerabilities women face in the context of migration.
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  Migrating for more: children's access to education in Mongolia

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2005

  This paper summarises the findings of research on migration and children's access to education in Mongolia.
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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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