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The report focuses on making migration work for all, emphasizing its links to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Date of publication:
13 December 2017
Information Type:
At the GCM Stocktaking Meeting in Mexico in December 2017, the Co-Chairs presented the GFMD Thematic Recollection (2007-2017) – the GFMD’s final contribution to the GCM, consolidating 10 years of GFMD discussions and cooperation around migration and development.
Date of publication:
23 November 2017
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This handbook is intended to support Member States in the collection, tabulation, analysis, dissemination and use of migration data, and is thus expected to contribute directly to monitoring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Date of publication:
01 November 2017
This report provides data and analysis of remittances and migration trends for developing countries over the past decade, as well as the potential contributions of remittance families to reaching the SDGs by 2030.
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01 June 2017
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With the aim to provide policy makers with evidence on the way migration influences specific sectors (labour market, agriculture, education, investment and financial services, social protection, health) and how sectoral policies affect migration, this report addresses emigration, remittances, return...
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17 February 2017
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Based on 324 in-depth interviews with Indian, Moroccan, Ukrainian, Bosnian and Filipino migrants based in four EU countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and the UK), this paper explores the relationship between social remittances and transnational mobility.
Date of publication:
28 November 2016
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The term “social remittances” was coined over fifteen years ago to capture the notion that, in addition to money, migration also entails the circulation of ideas, practices, skills, identities, and social capital also circulate between sending and receiving communities.
Date of publication:
03 November 2016
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Unanimously adopted by all 193 Member States at the UN General Assembly of 19 September 2016, the Declaration expresses the will to save lives, protect rights and share responsibility on migration and asylum. The Declaration contains several provisions on child migration.
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04 October 2016
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This White Paper analyzes various migration and development-related policies and initiatives around the world to identify the key success factors that allow for the integration, or mainstreaming, of migration into local development planning.
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22 December 2015
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While the relevance of financial remittances for developing countries is well documented and has gained attention during the last years as an important and stable source of external development, the flows of ideas, knowledge, behaviours and social capital transmitted by migrants to their families,...
Date of publication:
31 December 2014
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Around the world, a record number of women are now migrating to seek work and better lives. For many, migration yields these benefits; for others, it carries dangerous risks, such as exploitation in domestic work, and vulnerability to violence.
Date of publication:
31 December 2013
Source:
Diasporas are major direct investors in critical and emerging industries, known patrons of nascent tourism initiatives, and generous philanthropists.
Date of publication:
31 December 2011
In this article, the concept of social remittances is revisted. First, the authors show how people's experiences before migrating strongly influence what they do in the countries where they settle; this, in turn, affects what they remit back to their homelands.
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05 November 2010
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Appendix 5 in this publication is on remittances: Economic Concept of Remittances and Why They Are Important; Standard Components in the Balance of Payments Framework Related to Remittances; Supplementary Items Related to Remittances; Related Data Series; Concepts; Data by Partner Economy.
Date of publication:
31 December 2009
This is the first-ever manual providing detailed guidance on the compilation of remittances. Data on remittances are important for policymaking, analysis, and research purposes.
Date of publication:
01 October 2009
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances and various dimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader conceptual framework of migration and development theory.
Date of publication:
03 October 2007
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Many studies highlight the macro-level dissemination of global culture and institutions. This seminal article focuses on social remittances - a local-level, migration-driven form of cultural diffusion.
Date of publication:
31 December 1998
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