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Migration governance in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. Migration is a defining feature of our time and one closely linked with processes of economic and political development...
International migration Emigration and immigration Economic Policy and Good GovernanceBlog
Migration and the transfer of gender and democratic normsDespite the large attention received in the global development debate over the past years, gender inequalities still strongly persist throughout the world. Similarly, democratic and equal institutions are far from standing firm in all countries...
Emigration and immigration Human capital Internal migrationBlog
How should the international community respond to migration and refugees?In our previous blog , we looked at some of the key facts about international migration and identified a few areas that, from an economist’s perspective, need attention...
Emigration and immigration RefugeesBlog
An economist’s view on migration and refugeesFew issues have been so contentious in recent years as international migration. The refugee crisis sparked not least by the Syrian war has shown that policies governing migration are in a tangle...
Emigration and immigration RefugeesBlog
A New Agenda for a New World
24 June 2013 Minister Gunilla Carlson Like every political agenda, the post-2015 agenda must be firmly based in a reality check...
Economic development Emigration and immigration Free tradeBook Chapter
The International Circulation of Elites: Knowledge, Entrepreneurial, and PoliticalFrom the book: The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Emigration and immigration Entrepreneurship Foreign workersBlog
Urbanization and Development in Asia: Linkages with Globalization and Migration
Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, was the venue for the launch on 16 June 2012 of the just-published UNU-WIDER book Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives , edited by Jo...
Economic development Economic growth Emigration and immigrationBook Chapter
Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration and Urbanization in AsiaFrom the book: Urbanization and Development in Asia
Emigration and immigration Urban economics Urban planningBook Chapter
Globalizing Shanghai: International Migration and the Global CityFrom the book: Urbanization and Development in Asia
Emigration and immigration Labour mobility Internal migrationBook Chapter
Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in JapanFrom the book: Urbanization and Development in Asia
Emigration and immigration Sociology of families Labour supplyBook Chapter
Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in JapanFrom the book: Urbanization and Development in Asia
Discrimination in employment Emigration and immigration Regional economicsBlog
The View from Buenos Aires
Tony Addison A visit to Buenos Aires in September provided a good vantage point to look at the euro zone’s deepening crisis. Angle readers will recall that Argentina went through a painful adjustment process some ten years ago...
Agriculture Depressions Economic developmentWorking Paper
The International Circulation of Elites: Knowledge, Entrepreneurial and PoliticalInternational migration analysis often focuses on mass migration rather than on the international mobility of elites, which is the focus of this paper...
Emigration and immigration Entrepreneurship Foreign workersWorking Paper
Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in JapanThis paper discusses the development of Korean communities in Japan from their origins in the late nineteenth century through their stabilization following the Second World War...
Discrimination in employment Emigration and immigration Regional economicsWorking Paper
Globalizing Shanghai: International Migration and the Global CityCities are the focal point for the mobility of talents, located between the nations and firms, states and educational institutions...
Emigration and immigration Labour mobility Internal migrationWorking Paper
Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in JapanThe East Asian countries are currently experiencing declining fertility rates and aging of their populations...
Emigration and immigration Sociology of families Labour supply