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Migrant recruitment costs

Most low-skilled labour migrants pay fees to obtain contracts and complete recruitment formalities. This is against international conventions and many countries’ national laws that require employers to pay all of ...
Migration and trade

Migration and trade

Most econometric studies on the relationship between migration and trade analyze the impact of immigration on trade of goods and services. The presence of large diasporas in a country is often correlated...
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Diasporas

Diasporas, sometimes referred to as expatriates or transnational communities, play an important role in leveraging migration’s benefits for development. Measuring issues relating to diaspora groups is challenging,...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes for the first time the contribution of migration to sustainable development. Migration is a cross-cutting issue, relevant to all of the Su...

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Informing Migration Policies: A Data Primer

The article offers an overview of key definitions, methods, and sources for readers new to the field of migration data and research. Also included is how different data sources might be manipulated to answer commo...
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Migration and Remittances Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodological Aspects and Main Findings

The report lets readers look at the sources, content, methodology, fieldwork practices, and data processing used to complete a World Bank household survey accessing the importance of remittances in eleven Subsahar...
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Making Data Portals work for SDGs: A view on deployment, design and technology

The paper takes a critical eye to the use and sustainability of data portal creation and usage in National Statistical Offices and their role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using quantitat...
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Handbook for Improving the Production and Use of Migration Data for Development

The Global Migration Group (GMG) produced this publication to provide guidance to producers and users of international migration data. It includes detailed accounts of changes in the field of migration data, thoro...

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