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    Skilled health professionals’ migration and its impact on health delivery in Zimbabwe

    The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2004
    This paper, published by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, investigates the magnitude of migration of health professionals from Zimbabwe, the causes of such movements and the associated impacts on health care delivery. It establishes the major reasons for migration including: poor living conditions, low wages and political violence.
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    Building towers, cheating workers: exploitation of migrant construction workers in the United Arab Emirates

    Human Rights Watch, 2006
    This report documents alleged exploitation of construction workers by employers in the United Arab Emirates.
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    Coherence for development: economic recommendations for Spain

    Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos, Madrid, 2006
    This paper looks at the coherence of donors’ economic policies with the objectives of the official international development cooperation policy.It outlines the potential benefits – and the conditions required to realise those benefits – and risks associated with the following policy areas:tradeemigrant remittancesforeign direct investment (FDI)external debt, restructuring an
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    The impact of international migration on the economic development of countries in the Mediterranean basin

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2006
    The intense debate continues on the potential poverty reducing effects of remittances. This paper analyses the impact migrant workers’ remittances have in stimulating local economic development.
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    Older people’s needs in emergencies

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Older people need special attention from humanitarian agencies during emergencies. Whilst international law covers older people as a vulnerable group, few laws relate to them as a separate category. Humanitarian agencies and policymakers must consult older people, direct more resources to their needs, and include them in all assessments, services and campaigns.
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    A study identifying factors affecting retention of midwives in Malawi

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2003
    This study, from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, examines the retention of midwives in Malawi. The study looks specifically at the Safe Motherhood Project (SMP) in southern Malawi, whose aim is to lower the maternal mortality rate. However, one of the main barriers for the project to achieve its aim has been attrition of skilled attendants, such as midwives.
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    Should I stay or should I go?

    King's Fund, 2005
    The King’s Fund, in association with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) conducted a survey of several hundred international nurses working in London in late 2004. Survey returns were analysed from 380 international nurses who were London-based RCN members. They came from more than 30 different countries.
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    Retention of health care workers in low-resource settings

    International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 2006
    Based on an intensive literature review, this article considers challenges and responses related to retention of health care workers, including the causes of turnover, actions to address turnover, and emerging evidence on retention approaches.
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    Protection of internally displaced persons in situations of natural disaster

    UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2005
    This document outlines a working visit to Asia by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin. Based on these working visits, the report gives an overview of the types of protection and human rights issues that may arise in situations of displacement due to natural disasters.
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    Framework to examine urban-rural links: an example from Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Discussions on how to improve urban or rural livelihoods are mostly based on disconnected ideas that examine urban and rural areas separately. Yet there are many links between urban and rural areas because income strategies and opportunities in these two areas often related.

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