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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development consists of a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. Migration is specifically referenced in seven of the SDGs and is also a cross-cut...
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Migration data sources

The demands for migration data arising from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have prompted the international statistical community to review the use of traditional sources for migration data, such as po...
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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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UN Handbook on Measuring International Migration through Population Censuses

This 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 da...
standard questions

Standard Questions on International Migration: Guidance note for the use in population censuses and household surveys

This note provides guidance for improving the quality and comparability of international migration statistics collected through national population censuses and household surveys. It was prepared on the basis of a...
IUSSP

Advancing Knowledge on International Migration: Data and Research Needs

As international migration connects each country of the world with all the others, addressing knowledge gaps will require international consensus on definitions and methods of data collection. This Policy and Rese...

Leveraging Remittances for Development

This report discusses the increasing importance of remittances on development; specifically looking at which countries receive the largest amount of remittances, the ways in which remittances can and have red...

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