"This book takes a close look at the impact of urbanization and international migration on the global economy, studying the dynamics of these two phenomena in countries across the world and the varying successes of regional regulations"--Provided by publisher.

Ecuador is a country with a large cultural, ethnic, climatic and geographical diversity. With about 12.1 million people, according to the latest census of 2001, it is the second smallest Latin American country. Increasing poverty (from 3.5 to 5.3 million people during the period between the last...

One of the most distinguishing characteristics of people is their tendency to migrate. The distance of these movements as well as their frequency, are distinctive characteristics. The mobility of humans is evidenced by the linguistic, social and nationalistic mixing of much of the world’s...

The global migration potential in the world towards the higher developed areas has been estimated to be about 80 to 100 million people. Most of them would like to move permanently. It is expected that the numbers will further grow in the medium-term future. Normally, the issue of migrationis...

International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development in countries of origin. We establish the theoretical micro-foundations of the relationship between selective emigration and human capital accumulation in a multi-country...

This book describes the movement of un-skilled and skilled workers both within and from India and its fallout on education and development. It furthers the evidence on the contribution of education and international migration in development with specific reference to India as a major source...