migration on development, and municipal data is applied to decompose inequality indices to identify the sources and regions …

This paper argues that mobility and migration have always been an intrinsic part of human development. Migration can be … considered as a fundamental capabilities-enhancing freedom itself. However, any meaningful understanding of migration needs to … migration, it is more appropriate to conceive of a continuum running from low to high constraints under which migration occurs …

, and accelerating institutional change. All these characteristics of migration make it an essential policy issue for the … detailed information on global labor movements and heterogeneity, and reports new projections on global migration patterns … between labor and other factors of production. For example reducing migration raises the premium on migrant labor in the …

proved elusive thus far. This paper explores the potential for migration to serve as a safety valve as well as a medium term …

This paper reviews the treatment of migration in Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs), conducted in 14 different … countries. The analysis suggests that for the very poor, migration is most often rural to rural and rural to urban and not … across borders. The drivers of migration are context specific, but are generally related to the pursuit of greater livelihood …

This paper looks at the relationship between migration between developing countries – or countries of the global ‘South …’ – and processes of human development. The paper offers a critical analysis of the concept of South-South migration and draws … attention to four fundamental problems. The paper then gives a broad overview of the changing patterns of migration in …

The present paper overviews urbanisation and migration process in Asian countries at macro level since 1950s, including … in Asia. Increased unaffordability of urban space and basic amenities, negative policy perspective towards migration and … various rural development pogrammes designed to discourage migration are responsible for this exclusionary urban growth and a …

the connection between migration and its wider social and economic contexts, looking at how politics shape migration … policy and in turn, how migration affects policy making. The paper discusses at length recent issues of overseas labor … migration, particularly on the apparently embedded inertia within the policy making processes. The continuing incidences of …

presence of ICTs. The research then looks at instances where ICTs affect the opportunity for migration and how they affect its … paper surveys research that demonstrates how ICTs are used in both regular and irregular migration, in maintaining family …

Migration from the European economies in transition is discussed on the bases of the research carried out within the … are traced in cases of voluntary and involuntary migration as well as in the case of permanent and temporary migration …. Various causes and effects of migration are considered. Policy proposals end the paper. There is a literature review in the …