Live stream of the launch event for The European Report on Development (ERD) 2013. The latest report aims to provide an independent European contribution to the emerging debate on a possible post-2015 consensus on international development.
On International Migration Day, we are reminded of the huge flows of both migrants and remittances in today’s world. According to the United Nations, more than 213 million people (around 3% of the world’s population) lived outside their countries of birth in 2010, and over 700 million had migrated within their own countries.
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This Working Paper explores the relationship between migration, remote rural areas (RRAs) and chronic poverty in India and is part of a series of ODI/CPRC working papers entitled 'Spatial poverty traps: what are they and what can be done about them?'.
The study aims to provide a quantification of the possible benefits and costs of circular migration for different source (developing) countries and regions by developing simulations on the basis of an integrated assessment model connecting social, economic and environmental dimensions.
Migration restrictions are a bad way to fight unemployment in times of crisis. There is no evidence less immigration means less unemployment in the UK or anywhere else.
Many developing countries are alarmed at the 'brain drain' linked to migration and the loss of skilled personnel. Several receiving countries are re-thinking the recruitment of skilled personnel that lack such human resources. But is restricting migratino an effective response to personnel shortages in the developing world? And is the fear of a 'brain drain' really justified?