Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

This paper reviews common challenges faced by researchers interested in measuring the
impact of migration and remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in …

Immigration has been a steady force acting on population and employment within countries
throughout human history. Focusing on the last four decades, we show that the mix of …

For the last few years, the pace of international migration has accelerated. According to the
United Nations (2002), the number of international migrants increased from 154 million to …

What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? The first book to examine the
complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, Diaspora …

Although there exists a sizeable literature documenting the importance of ethnic networks for
international trade, little attention has been devoted to studying the effects of migrants on …

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Discussions of high-skilled mobility typically evoke migration patterns from poorer to
wealthier countries, which ignore movements to and between develo** countries. This …

International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has
enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination …

China's expanded links to Africa have created a discourse of how to characterize those ties.
Western political forces and media have criticized every aspect of China's activities in Africa …