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Searching with a thematic focus on Globalisation, Gender and migration in United States

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    Building national campaigns: activists, alliances, and how change happens 

    Oxfam, 2007
    Women workers are an increasing part of the global labour force. However, they often find only poor-quality employment, thus, they are working, but remain trapped in poverty. No matter the context, many women workers face multiple challenges.
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    Immigration Policy Center (IPC), American Immigration Law Foundation

    Organisation analysing and reporting on topics affecting U.S. immigration policy.
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    Measures of change: the demography and literacy of adolescent English learners

    Migration Policy Institute, 2007
    Who are immigrant students and students who do not speak English well? Where are they from? What is their family background (social, economic, linguistic, etc.)? How well do they do in school? Are they developing the literacy needed to take part in higher education and a skilled workforce?
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    Locking up family values: the detention of immigrant families

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
    The recent increase in family detention represents a major shift in the U.S. government’s treatment of families in immigration proceedings. This paper reports the findings of visits to the T. Don Hutto Residential Center and the Berks Family Shelter Care Facility and recommends systemic changes to the U.S. government’s treatment of families in immigration proceedings.
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    Migrant networks and foreign direct investment

    World Bank Publications, 2006
    What are the effects of ethic networks on foreign direct investment (FDI)? This study investigates the link between the presence of migrants in the United States and U.S. FDI in 56 of the migrants' countries of origin.
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    International nurse mobility: trends and policy implications

    World Health Organization, 2003
    This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) examines the trends and policy implications of nurses moving from the developing world to work in wealthier countries.
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    The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain

    Human Resources for Health, 2004
    This Human Resources for Health paper details the characteristics and trends in migration to the United States (US) of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings reveal that more than 23 per cent of US physicians were trained outside of the US, with a majority trained in low-income or lower middle-income countries.
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    Commitment to Development Index, 2005

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2005
    The Commitment to Development index measures donor countries' committment to development by monitoring not only dollar values of aid, but also trade, investment, migration, security, environment, and technology policies.
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    Twilight statuses: a closer examination of the unauthorized population

    Migration Policy Institute, 2005
    This paper discusses the situation of unauthorised migrants in the United States, describing the twilight statuses that some among the unauthorised population hold. These are described as partially recognised legal statuses not yet counting as full lawful residence, and usually not providing solid defence against deportation if they are discovered and placed into removal proceedings.
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    NAFTA's promise and reality: lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003
    The report has two objectives: to determine how quality of life in Mexico has been affected by trade liberalisation in North America. It focuses on the microlevel of people and their communities, on changes in household income, paychecks, rural employment and agricultural production.

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