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In this paper, I examine high-income country motives for restricting immigration. Abundant evidence suggests that allowing labor to move from low-income to high-income countries would yield substantial gains in global income. Yet, most high-income countries impose strict limits on labor inflows...
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The 2010 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways...
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Report 1995. The Report analyses the progress made in reducing gender disparities in the past few decades, highlighting the … for ranking countries on a global scale by their performance in gender equality (GEM) and (GDI), and analyses the under …-valuation and non-recognition of women's work. It offers a five-point strategy for equalizing gender opportunities in the decade …
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typically been gender-blind, an explicit gender perspective is necessary. This paper attempts this, beginning with an … socio-economic context of the sending location for women migrants. The process of migration, and how that can be gender … section provides some recommendations for public policy for migration through a gender lens. …
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This paper examines the process of feminization of South American intra-regional migration, with emphasis in the Southern Cone. It describes recent changes and trends, and addresses some of the most salient issues on the participation and experiences of female migrants. It deals with the social...
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The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals. Bold action is needed on...
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Many migration theories identify ‘the law’ as a significant constraint on the international movement of persons. While this constraint often operates through national migration legislation, this study examines the influence of international law in shaping contemporary patterns in the...
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bind countries to do more in the attack on inadequate incomes, widespread hunger, gender inequality, environmental …
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language, takes more than democracy and equitable growth. Also needed are multicultural policies that recognize differences …, champion diversity and promote cultural freedoms, so that all people can choose to speak their language, practice their …
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The 1998 Report investigates the 20th century's growth in consumption, unprecedented in its scale and diversity. The benefits of this consumption have spread far and wide. More people are better fed and housed than ever before. Living standards have risen to enable hundreds of millions to enjoy...
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