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Views on migration in sub-Saharan Africa: proceedings of an African Migration Alliance Workshop
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006This collation of articles all respond to the question: what are Africa’s policy concerns on migration?Africa is seeing an increasing number of its citizens migrate from its rural sector to its cities and to new overseas destinations.DocumentA guide for non governmental organisations on the implementation of the Migrant Workers convention
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa, 2005This document is a how-to guide on implementing the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families. The manual is aimed at NGOs, coalition members and individual organisations.DocumentPeople flows in globalization
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006This paper argues that the movement of people from low income to high income countries is fundamental in global economic development, with consequences for factor endowments, trade patterns, and transfers of technology.In part because people flows are smaller than trade and capital flows, the dispersion of pay for similarly skilled workers around the world exceeds the dispersion of the prices oDocumentEngaging diasporas: how governments and development agencies can support diaspora involvement in the development of origin countries
Oxfam, 2006The study analyses how multilateral organisations and European governments and development agencies have implemented "migrants and development" policies over the past three decades.DocumentPeople trafficking: upholding rights and understanding vulnerabilities
Forced Migration Review, 2006This edition of the Forced Migration Review covers many aspects of the vulnerabilities of the victims of forced migration.DocumentEmpowering women migrant workers
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005This document presents information on UNIFEM’s Regional Programme on Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia which seeks to empower women migrant workers from a gender and rights-based development perspective.DocumentDo workers’ remittances promote financial development?
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006Workers’ remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investment.DocumentMigration, urbanisation and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa
Southern African Migration Project, 2005This document explores the challenges that discrimination based on nationality or country of origin poses for the sustainable development of South African cities. Migration and urbanisation have created tensions among residents of South African cities.Document2005 Global Refugee Trends: statistical overview of populations of refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons
United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2006This UNHCR report highlights the state of the world's refugees,asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, and stateless persons.Highlights from the report include:inclusion of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the statistics points to a rise in global displacement to 21million people32 percent of the agencies work is with IDPs, 40 percent is with those with refugee status, aDocumentRemittances, poverty reduction and the informalisation of household wellbeing in Zimbabwe
ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2006The term "Brain Drain" seems to be the latest development catch phrase. Cited in journalism and academia alike, its meaning is somewhat ambiguous.Pages