Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction: Migration to South Africa …: Regional Challenges versus National instruments and Interests -- 1. Reforming South African Immigration Policy in the … Postapartheid Period (1990-2010) -- 2. The Role of Skilled Labor -- 3. Mobility and Municipalities: Local Authorities, Local Impacts …

Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and … to declining social services. Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets addresses this dilemma. In … addition to providing comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns and their impact, the report argues for a …

The world is currently at a crossroads. Low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria are seeing rapid growth in … shortages, which is reducing productivity and investment. Based on interviews with more than 100 stakeholders, this report … destination in Europe. It outlines how countries of destination looking to fill labor shortages can provide high-quality and …

Building on a recent groundbreaking OECD/IOM/World Bank seminar which brought together over 300 trade and migration … officials, this book examines the main issues in the current debate on trade and migration as they relate to mode 4 and the … and migration policy communities on this important and timely issue, and seeks ways to unleash the potential of the …

Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies of their points of departure … and destinations alike. The water sector, and the availability of water itself, implicitly and explicitly shape migration … flows. Ebb and Flow, Volume 1. Water, Migration, and Development presents new global evidence to advance our understanding …

short-term impact of immigration: Labor markets -- Addressing short-term costs: Assistance and adjustment policies -- The … -- Overall migration patterns -- The concentration of economic migrants -- Internal migration -- Refugees -- Migrant demographics ….1 Migration's impact on the education of children left behind -- Figure -- Figure O.1 Global migrants constitute a stable share of …