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Searching with a thematic focus on Globalisation, Gender and migration, Migration, Remittances

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  Migrant remittances and the financial market in Moldova

  BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2005

  This short brief focuses on the Moldovian financial infrastructure for remittances and the potential for attracting a greater share of these funds to savings and investments.
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  Remittances to Comoros: volume, trends, impact and implications

  World Bank, 2004

  In Africa, Comoros ranks second, after Eritrea, in terms of its dependence on remittances. This study is a first attempt to analyse the magnitude, economic impact, seasonal variation and regional distribution of remittance flows to Comoros.
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  Crossing borders: remittances, gender and development

  United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2005

  This paper presents key elements for the development of a conceptual framework that will allow a better understanding of the interrelationships between migration, gender, remittances and development.
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  Diasporas, remittances and Africa south of the Sahara: a strategic assessment

  Institute for Security Studies, 2005

  Modern African "ethno-national" diasporas of today are very different from the "old" black diaspora which emerged out of the slave trade. Contemporary migrants are very much in touch with their homeland, to which they often remit money on a regular basis. They have an economic and political role to play in the countries of departure as well as arrival.
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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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  International migration, remittances and development: myths and fact

  Global Commission on International Migration, 2005

  This paper examines the reciprocal migration-development relationship by discussing and dispelling seven migration myths that are prevalent in public discourses.
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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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  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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  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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  The development potential of Zimbabweans in the diaspora

  International Organization for Migration, 2005

  This study aims to understand the skills base, transnational links and interest in contributing to development of Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

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