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    Human rights, climate change, environmental degradation and migration: A new paradigm

    International Organization for Migration, 2014
    With climate change and environmental degradation (CCED) predicted to displace millions of people in the near future, be it directly or indirectly, the fact that there is little consensus on the definition of CCED migrants is a cause for concern.
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    Demographic change, brain drain, and human capital: development potentials in services-driven South Asia

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014
    The growing dominance of the service sector in South Asian economies suggests that the development potentials that these economies can realise depend on their ability to get the fast growing younger cohort of their population absorbed in this sector. 
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    The case against Qatar: host of the FIFA 2022 World Cup

    International Trade Union Confederation, 2014
    140 billion dollars of infrastructure is forecast in order to get Qatar ready to host the 2022 World Cup. Qatar’s own estimates are that 500,000 extra workers - coming from Nepal, India and other South Asian and African countries - will be needed in the run up to The World Cup.
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    Migrant unrest in china: an analysis

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    China’s rising economic power is a constant irritant for the world at large; however, its lopsided growth has become an area of major concern for the Chinese government as well.
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    In their own words: assessment of satisfaction with residential location among migrants in Nairobi slums

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011
    Using qualitative data collected from a sample of rural-urban migrants over the age of 15 in two Nairobi slums interviewed in 2008, this paper discusses the migrants’ extent of satisfaction with their residential location and decision to migrate.
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    Circular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010
    This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually.
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    The impact of skills development on competitiveness: empirical evidence from a cross-country analysis

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010
    In the past half-century, most countries have emphasized the development of human capital as an instrument for economic growth, sustainable development, and improved global competitiveness. However, limited evidence exists on the link between skills development and a country’s competitiveness.
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    Overview of migration, poverty and health dynamics in Nairobi City's slum settlements

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011
    The Urbanization, Poverty, and Health Dynamics research program was designed to generate and provide the evidence base that would help governments, development partners, and other stakeholders understand how the urban slum context affects health outcomes in order to stimulate policy and action for uplifting the wellbeing of slum residents.
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    Chinese migration in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    With all the scholarly and media interest in the China/Africa relationship of late, it is somewhat surprising that so little has been written about Chinese migrants in Africa. What little is published in media reports often presents the Chinese in increasingly confusing, inaccurate and negative ways.
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    Falling between the cracks? Prospects for environmental litigation arising from oil production in Southern Sudan

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Oil production in Southern Sudan has degraded agricultural lands and caused mass displacement and suffering of local pastoralist and agriculturalist communities. This paper seeks to identify the legal system governing the adjudication of environmental issues arising from oil production in Southern Sudan after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005.

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