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Migrant rights

Under international law, migrants have rights by virtue of their humanity. International human rights instruments, or treaties and documents such as declarations, are of general application and therefore apply to ...
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Remittances

Remittances, usually understood as the money or goods that migrants send back to families and friends in origin countries, are often the most direct and well-known link between migration and development. Remittanc...
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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...

Gender and migration

The motives and consequences of human mobility are shaped by various factors such as customary rules based on gender expectations, ethnicity, race, age and class. Among these, it can be argued that gender has the ...

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Assessing the capacity of national statistical systems: A user’s guide

The NSS Assessment Guide identifies four different tool typologies to assist in the preparation of national statistical plans or strategies; aid development partner’s capacity building investment efforts...
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Migration and Development within the South: New evidence from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries

This publication aims to recapitulate major research findings carried out in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Timor-Leste, Tri...
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Survey Organization Manual: Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology

This helps countries craft and put into place Demographic and Health Surveys, which measure indicators such as fertility, family planning, mortality, reproductive health, child health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, am...
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Measuring international migration in the context of the 2030 Agenda

Infographic explaining which indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are directly related to migrants or can be disaggregated by migratory status. Includes a list of migration-relevant SDG indi...

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