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    The link between migration and poverty in Gauteng cities

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2005
    It is widely assumed that rural migrants arriving in South Africa’s cities create areas with a high concentration of poverty. This paper looks at the characteristics of urban areas which can be designated as poverty pockets – that is, localities in which the share of the population in poverty is significantly higher than what is found in the surrounding areas.
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    Human resources: international context: Chapter 6 of the South African Health Review 2005

    Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2005
    This chapter, from the South African Health Review 2005, reviews human resources for health in South Africa from an international perspective. It highlights the vast inequities in global and regional distribution of health workers and briefly examines those factors affecting human resource development.
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    Globalisation, education and training: insights from the South African automotive sector

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    Through an examination of skills development within the South African automotive industry (focusing particularly on the cases of DaimlerChrysler South Africa and BMW South Africa) the author seeks to shed further light on the broader debate on the relationship between globalisation and education and training.
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    The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain

    Human Resources for Health, 2004
    This Human Resources for Health paper details the characteristics and trends in migration to the United States (US) of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings reveal that more than 23 per cent of US physicians were trained outside of the US, with a majority trained in low-income or lower middle-income countries.
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    Regionalizing international migration: lessons for SADC

    Southern African Migration Project, 2004
    This paper argues that the development of a regional temporary worker’s regime is needed in southern Africa if integrated regional development is to succeed.
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    Agenda special focus: gender, culture and rights

    Agenda Feminist Media Project, 2005
    This Agenda journal edition compiles papers and proceedings from the Gender, Culture and Rights workshop held in Gauteng, 1-3 February 2005. The workshop broadly aimed to examine current approaches to gender, rights and culture, in the context of 10 years of democracy in South Africa.
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    Has financial liberalisation brought economic growth for southern Africa?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Most countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community have a history of repressive financial organisation, involving distorting financial markets by fixing interest rates below market levels and controlling the distribution of credit. Since the early 1990s these countries have gradually liberalised their financial systems.
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    Working together: trade unions and NGOs create alliances for change

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    In the last twenty years trade unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have had to respond to significant changes in the social and economic context they operate in. They have different approaches and aims, but in an increasingly globalised world, common problems to address. Can they work together to influence public policy?
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    Internal migration to the Gauteng Province, South Africa

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2005
    This study aims to quantify and describe migration to and migrant labour in Gauteng Province, South Africa, with a view to gaining some insight into special challenges that in-migrant households may present.
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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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