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    Learning by doing: experiences of circular migration

    Migration Policy Institute, 2008
    Circular migration is a continuing, long-term and fluid pattern of international mobility of people among countries that occupy what is now increasingly recognised as a single economic space. At its best, circular migration increases the likelihood that both countries of origin and destination gain from international mobility.
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    Defining a framework of approach and formulating recommendations in order to take into greater account the link between return migration and development

    European University Institute, Italy, 2008
    A successful migratory experience abroad increases a migrant’s chances of reintegration in their country of origin. This short document outlines a framework approach and formulates recommendations in order to take into greater account the link between return migration and development.
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    Demographics and climate change: future trends and their policy implications for migration

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2008
    This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for international development and evidence gaps that could be plugged with appropriate new research.
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    State of world population 2007: unleashing the potential of urban growth

    United Nations Population Fund, 2008
    In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their future, the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth.
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    Which migration, what development? critical perspectives on European African relations

    The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, 2007
    In early 2006, the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects 2006 considered the economic implications of migration and remittances for poverty alleviation in Africa and elsewhere. Since then, migration and development have served as primary themes in conferences, workshops, and policy debates in Europe, North America, and elsewhere.
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    Women's migration, urban poverty and child health in Rajasthan

    Sussex Centre for Migration Research, 2008
    Migration is an increasing feature which defines the lives of the rural and urban poor in India, however few studies have considered its effects on the health of migrants and their families. This paper examines the high levels of infant and child illness and death amongst poor urban slum communities in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India.
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    Indigenous routes: a framework for understanding indigenous migration

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    Why do indigenous people migrate? This paper examines reviews the major causes and circumstances of indigenous peoples’ migration and argues that modern migration of these peoples is both diverse and complex.
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    id21 natural resources highlights 6: Rural livelihoods

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    This bi-annual addition of id21 Natural Resources Highlights looks specifically at rural livelihoods. It contains the following three articles:
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    'Giving out their daughters for their survival' refugee self-reliance, vulnerability, and the paradox of early marriage

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2008
    This report examines the widespread occurrence of early marriages in Uganda’s refugee settlements and how this phenomenon relates to the ‘vulnerability’ and self-reliance paradigms which underpin official protection and assistance.
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    The impacts of development-induced displacement on human security

    Centre of International Studies and Research, 2007
    This paper discusses how development induced displacement can impact human security – specifically in relation to the building of dams. It analyses current efforts being made by financial institutions to put in place appropriate mitigation and monitoring mechanisms to counter the negative impacts on human security.

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