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    Mainstreaming migration into development planning: a handbook for policy makers and practitioners

    International Organization for Migration, 2010
    This paper examines how migration and development are linked, the potential benefits of mainstreaming migration into development, and the current state of affairs with including migration issues into development planning around the world.
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    Migration and land rental as risk response in rural China

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Households in developing countries take various actions to smooth income or consumption as a means of managing or responding to risk. This paper examines migration and land rental market participation as responses to risk in rural China.
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    Social transition issues in Europe and Eurasia, USAID publications

    Social Transitions, USAID, 2011
    This document is one of a series of publications sponsored by the Social Transition Team in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia on social transition issues in the Region.You may download the documents in this series from the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse website (http://dec.usaid.gov), using the Doc IDs for reference.If you would like more information about these and upcoming products,
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    Caritas Europa

    Caritas Europa brings together 48 organisations that are active in 44 European countries.
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    The disconnect between education, job growth and employment in Jordan

    Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue, 2009
    The economic volatility evident in Jordan has been driven largely by Jordan’s dependence on workers’ remittances and foreign aid. Furthermore, conflict in the region has fundamentally changed the economy and demography of Jordan.
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    Arab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
    This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.
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    Reflections on innovation, assessment, and social change: a SPARC case study

    Development in Practice, 2009
    This article challenges the terms on which donor agencies evaluate development success, drawing on a particular case to make its point.
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    Do conflicts create poverty traps?: asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia

    Microcon, 2009
    Determining assets as key indicators of household welfare, the authors of this paper seek to analyse how asset losses occur during internal conflicts and the process of asset accumulation following conflict. To conduct such research they focused on an especially vulnerable group of victims of conflict - the displaced population in Colombia.
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    Economic institutions matter, but they are not the full story

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Much attention has been paid recently to the premise that ‘institutions matter’ for economic development and growth. Development thinking has changed over time, however. It is important to establish whether the current focus on institutions is just another attempt to explain poverty or if can provide the basis for sustainable programmes in developing countries.
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    Social protection for internal labour migrants in Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Many Bangladeshis depend on temporary work migration. The income they gain comes at a price. Disrupted families, abandoned education, ill-health and exploitation threaten the security of both those migrating and those left behind. Can support from government, civil society, relatives and communities reduce their vulnerabilities?

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