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Water, migration, and development
Zaveri, Esha D.; Russ, Jason; Khan, Amjad; Damania, Richard - Weltbank; Weltbankgruppe - 2021
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...
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International migration, economic development & policy
Özden, Çağlar (ed.); Schiff, Maurice W. (ed.) - 2007
Global migration database -- Quantifying international migration: a database of bilateral migrant stocks / Christopher R. Parsons, Ronald Skeldon, Terrie L. Walmsley and L. Alan Winters -- Impact on development -- The impact of remittances on poverty and human capital: evidence from Latin...
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Moving people to deliver services
Mattoo, Aaditya (ed.); Carzaniga, Antonia (contributor) - 2003
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Moving for prosperity : global migration and labor markets
Weltbank - 2018
Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions is one of the most effective tools for ending poverty and sharing...
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Moving for prosperity : global migration and labor markets
Weltbank - 2018
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Moving for prosperity : global migration and labor markets
Weltbank - 2018
world population -- Figure O.2 Global refugee numbers have grown in recent years but are a small share of migrants and an … insignificant share of world population -- Figure O.3 Disproportionately large numbers of migrants move to a few rich countries … students in many economies -- Figure O.17 Migrants and labor forces became more educated across the world -- Figure O.18 Both …
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Migration and the labor market in developing countries
Sabot, Richard H. (ed.) - 1982
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Contemporary migration to South Africa : a regional development issue
Wa Kabwe Segatti, Aurelia (contributor) - 2011
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...
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Expanding legal migration pathways from Nigeria to Europe : from brain drain to brain gain
Adhikari, Samik; Clemens, Michael A.; Dempster, Helen; … - Weltbank; Center for Global Development <Washington, DC> - 2021
The world is currently at a crossroads. Low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria are seeing rapid growth in …
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Groundswell Africa : internal climate migration in West African countries
Rigaud, Kanta Kumari; Sherbinin, Alexander de; Jones, Bryan - Weltbank; Weltbankgruppe - 2021
This report, as part of the Groundswell Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to drive internal migration in West African countries. The results described in this report are based on the application of an enhanced version of the pioneering Groundswell model with a more granular...
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