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    A White House focus on social justice in Latin America?

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    US policy priorities in Latin America may be shifting. This note explores ways that the Bush administration can help to advance development goals in the region. Authors challenge Washington to consider who loses out in free-trade agreements and call for emphasis to be shifted from anti-narcotics programmes toward development and job creation in drug-producing areas.
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    We want birth control: reproductive health findings in Northern Uganda

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
    What does the reproductive health (RH) situation among the conflict-affected populations of northern Uganda look like? The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children and the United Nations Population Fund assessed this question in February 2007 and visited the districts of Kitgum and Pader and also a youth center and clinic in Gulu. Specific findings include:
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    Safety and migrant workers: a practical guide for safety representatives

    Trades Union Congress, 2007
    How to ensure the safety of migrant workers in the United Kingdom (UK)? This guide aims to help safety representatives and other union officials work with migrant workers to make sure that their rights are protected. It covers the safety of people who come to the UK from abroad and who work permanently, temporarily or seasonally.
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    Out of sight, out of mind? Child domestic workers and patterns of trafficking in Cambodia

    International Organization for Migration, 2007
    What are the processes and mechanisms of trafficking within Cambodia for the two target groups, Commercially Sexually Exploited Women and Girls (CSEWGs) and child domestic workers (CDWs)? This study looks at how the ‘pull’ factors in different provinces lead to migration and trafficking and seeks to understand how process of migration could constitute trafficking.
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    Migration and poverty reduction in Moldova

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2007
    This paper provides an overview of migration and poverty in Moldova. It explores the context of poverty and development and general migration trends, before focusing on policies orientated towards migration management, and the broader impact of migration on poverty.
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    From a zero-sum to a win-win scenario: literature review on circular migration

    Migration Policy Institute, 2006
    Is the increasing optimism about the developmental potential of circular migration too optimistic? This paper discusses the literature’s treatment of the impacts of circular migration on development. Specifically, it focuses on how much the return of migrants, including members of the Diaspora, has contributed to the transfer of direct investments and human capital to sending countries.
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    Understanding the movements of Somali refugees

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Since the late 1980s, Somalis have been leaving their country, fleeing civil war, poverty, drought and famine. Today they form one of the world’s largest diasporas. With local integration in neighbouring states or asylum in Europe increasingly difficult, large numbers embark on complex journeys – secondary migrations – which are hard to document.
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    Remittances during crises: implications for humanitarian response

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    Remittances, or migrants sending money home, are an important part of many people’s lives around the world. Relatively little is known, however, about the role that remittances play in crises.
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    Leveraging remittances for development

    Migration Policy Institute, 2007
    Migrant remittances are the most tangible and perhaps the least controversial link between migration and development. This paper finds that remittances provide a convenient angle for approaching the complex migration agenda. They play an effective role in reducing poverty.
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    Legal aspects of trafficking for forced labour purposes in Europe

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    What are the present gaps in identification and prosecution of trafficking for forced labour cases? Are there deficiencies in approaches to prevention and to compensation for the abuses suffered by the victims of trafficking?

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