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Remittances, liquidity constraints and human capital investments in Ecuador.

Bedi, Arjun Singh; Sparrow, Robert; Calero, Calero, C. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008

Over the last decade Ecuador has experienced a strong increase in financial transfers from migrated workers. This paper investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and facilitate households in consumption...

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Social Capital, Migration and Cultural Difference

Nederveen Pieterse, Nederveen Pieterse, J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2000

migration and ethnic economies there are sporadic references to interethnic economies. The shift of emphasis to crosscultural … different contexts: immigration and migration, transnational enterprise, and ethnically diverse societies. …

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Development ethics through the lenses of caring, gender, and human security.

Gasper, Gasper, D.R.; Truong, Truong, T-D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008

Thinking about ethics of development and human development must both treat development in a global perspective and yet reflect on the content of human. This paper explores some faces of globalization by using a gender perspective, in order to consider reproduction (psychological and emotional as...

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Inclusive growth?

de Haan, de Haan, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011

This paper discusses the relationship between labour migration and poverty in India. This is placed against the on …. The paper focuses on the migration patterns of deprived social groups, analyse whether migration form a routes out of … findings on the links between poverty and internal labour migration. These stylized facts are used to structure the insights …

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“Shifting in” migration control. Universalism and immigration in Costa Rica

Voorend, Voorend, K. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

social policy institutions, “shifting in” migration control and that the principle of universalism of Costa Rica’s social …

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Local economic development and migrant remittances in rural Zimbabwe

Gomez, Georgina Mercedes; Ncube, Ncube, G. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011

The paper explores the impact of migrant remittances on local economic development in a locality where more than half of the households have been recipients for at least five years. The study has taken place in rural Zimbabwe and uses an ethnographic method devised for this research. The method...

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Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level

Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Klasen, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007

Island of Sulawesi and find technology adoption to play a crucial role. We show that geography-induced migration together …

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How portable is social security for migrant workers?

Taha, Taha, N.; Messkoub, Messkoub, M.; Siegmann, … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

along North-North, South- North, and South-South migration flows. Portability of social security entitlements is the ability … research should address relate to internal migration and South-South migration, the role of gender and other social identities …

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Border Studies

Donzelli, Donzelli, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

intertwining of Border and Migration Studies with a specific focus on Africa, Asia and Latin America, devoting particular attention …

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Development ethics through the lenses of caring, gender, and human security.

Gasper, D.; Truong, T.-D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008

Thinking about ethics of development and ‘human development’ must both treat development in a global perspective and yet reflect on the content of ‘human’. This paper explores some faces of globalization by using a gender perspective, in order to consider reproduction (psychological and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232871