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  Migration and development: new strategic outlooks and practical ways forward: the cases of Angola and Zambia

  International Organization for Migration, 2005

  This paper assesses and analyses the migration and development situation of Angola and Zambia, with a special focus on skills migration and a review of government policies and capacity related to skills migration and initiatives of various stakeholders, including donors and civil society organisations.Findings and recommendations include:in Angola the process of recovery and reconciliat
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  Regionalism in West Africa: do polar countries reap the benefits? A role for migration

  Global Development Network, 2004

  In the present globalization era an increasing attention is paid to the ambiguous relationship between international migration, brain drain, and economic growth, but few papers analyzed the growth impact of skilled migration.There is a consensus on the gains from migration to the home country accruing in the form of migrants’ remittances, creation of business and trade networks as well as migra
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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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  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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  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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  Diaspora, migration and development in the Caribbean

  Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2004

  This paper examines the developmental impact of the growth of the diasporic economy on Caribbean countries, focusing on the issues of remittances, diasporic exports, brain drain, as well as the new health and security risks associated with migration and mobile populations.It asks whether the benefits of migration such as remittances, diasporic exports and the vent of surplus population redress
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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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  Commonwealth teacher recruitment protocol

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004

  This document provides the full text of the Commonwealth teacher recruitment Protocol, adopted by Ministers of Education on September 1st, 2004.
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  Teachers as community leaders: the potential impact ofteacher migration on Education for All and Millennium Development Goals

  Centre for Comparative Education Research, University of Nottingham, 2004

  This paper highlights the importance of the role of teachers in developing countries not only as educational leaders, but also in recognising their contribution to wider community and national development. The paper argues that the migration of teachers is an underemphasised aspect of globalisation, and potentially hinders the international goals of education for all and its wider impacts.
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  Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

  Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004

  This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.

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