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    Social networks help Tanzanian children and caregivers cope with HIV/AIDS

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Studies of children living with HIV/AIDS have neglected the far greater number of young people affected by the sickness and death of close relatives. Few studies  have looked at the coping strategies used by caregivers, children with dying relatives and orphans who must take care of themselves.
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    Globalization and goals: does soccer show the way?

    World Bank Publications, 2003
    This paper uses the example of the globalised game of football to illustrate how forces of efficiency but also inequality unleashed by globalisation can be used by global institutions to help improve the outcome for the poor countries.The paper examines the effects of free circulation of labour combined with increasing commercialisation on the concentration of soccer quality in a few top clubs.
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    From brain drain to brain gain: how the WTO can make migration a win-win

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    This short article examines the issues surrounding international free trade in labour markets.
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    Migration of health professionals in six countries: a synthesis report

    Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organisation, 2004
    This report, published by the WHO Regional Office for Africa, examines migration of health professionals in six African countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe) during 1991-2000. It finds that the number of registered health professionals other than nurses increased in all six countries.
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    Internal migration and household living conditions in Ethiopia

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2005
    The increases in internal migration and the rate of urban growth associated with economic and political transitions in countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific, have made migration a salient feature of life in developing countries. Ethiopia has been identified as one of the countries in Africa with a relatively high level of internal migration and population redistribution.
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    Women on the move: time to bring gender into migration policy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    The export of labour through migration from developing countries is being encouraged by trade liberalisation and global shortages of labour in education, care and health. While international agencies are now analysing links between trade and migration, related gender issues are poorly understood.
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    Is forced displacement acceptable in conservation projects?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Over ten million people have been displaced from protected areas by conservation projects. Forced displacement in developing countries is a major obstacle to reducing poverty. It should no longer be considered a mainstream strategy for conservation and only applied in extreme cases following international standards.
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    Global economic prospects 2006: economic implications of migration and remittances

    Prospects for the Global Economy [World Bank], 2006
    This report explores the gains and losses from international migration from the perspective of developing countries, with special attention to the money that migrants send home.
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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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    Migrant remittances and the financial market in Moldova

    BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2005
    This short brief focuses on the Moldovian financial infrastructure for remittances and the potential for attracting a greater share of these funds to savings and investments.

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