Reviews the forms and magnitude of labour migration in East Asia and examines the important factors contributing to irregular migration in the region, including immigration policy in destination countries. It also looks at the developmental impact of regularizing the irregular migrants from...

Comments on the economic and social development of 28 countries of the Asia-Pacific region during the period 1990-2003.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper describing rural migration and internal migration patterns in the East Asia and South East Asia - maintains that the character of economic growth and types of economic policies adopted conditions internal migration flows; concludes that attention to rural...

Facilitates interactive training delivery on equality and non- discrimination at work.

Explains the internationally recognized concepts, standards and approaches to eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation.

Based on information collected from a sample survey of 480 Korean migrants who had worked in the Middle East, and in-depth interviews with 39 households.

Focuses on the situation of the women migrant workers in their families, workplaces, communities and societies in sending and receiving countries and also on the initiatives, policies and programmes, "good" and "bad" practices implemented by government, private recruitment and employment...

Focuses on factors that are likely to influence outward migration flow from China and the Southeast Asian region, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia, in the next two decades. It finds that while current migration streams are likely to continue in the short run, important developments in...