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International Migration and Development: A review in light of the crisis

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  • Jose Antonio Alonso

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Increasing international migratory flows in the last four decades is one of the most visible manifestations of the globalization process. In spite of its potential positive effect on global efficiency and well-being, little progress has been made in designing and promoting a normative and institutional framework to allow a better global governance of international migration. The current crisis has added new concerns in relation to migrant situation particularly in the countries more affected by the recession. It is likely that migratory pressures continue beyond the crisis, as international asymmetries that promote international migration have not been overcome.

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Paper provided by United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs in its series CDP Background Papers with number 011.

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Length: 62 pages
Date of creation: Dec 2011
Handle: RePEc:une:cpaper:011
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Keywords: international migration; labour markets; mobility of labour; development; migrants?remittances; human capital; brain drain; immigration policy;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
  • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
  • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
  • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights
  • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
  • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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Cited by:

  1. Bouoiyour, Jamal & Miftah, Amal & Selmi, Refk, 2014. "Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The case of Moroccan Students in France," MPRA Paper 56630, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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