This report provides an overview and examples of how the UK Government is contributing to the delivery of each of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including migration as it relates to SDG 13 on Climate Change and SDG 16 on Peace.
This United Nations handbook explores how population censuses can be manipulated in order to extract international migration figures. There are not only sections that present relevant definitions needed to harmonise migratory data, but also examples of questions that help users capture the sought-after data. Anecdotes from the national level are included to show concepts put into action. Potential pitfalls and common practices are also covered in detail.
Sarzin reviews the availability, credibility, and methodologies behind common sources of displacement data, in doing so helping researchers and policymakers review their approaches to understanding an often difficult situation to encompass. Key definitions and ongoing programmes are also discussed to offer information for both those new to the topic and those to whom forced displacement is a familiar terrain.
Study on internal migration in India which analyses census data (using Cohort-based Migration Metric (CMM) and gravity model) and railway passenger traffic flow data provided by the Ministry of Railways. The study is a chapter from the Economic Survey of India 2016-2017 and is endorsed by the Government of India.
This publication outlines and explains a framework for measuring the implementation and efficiency of migration-related governance around the world. Financed by the IOM, the project itself was completed by the Economist Intelligence Unit between 2015 and 2016. Readers will find especially useful the numerous case studies that cover countries from all over the world, as well as descriptions of the various aspects of the framework and a chapter going over the history of its development.
