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The View from Buenos Aires
Tony Addison A visit to Buenos Aires in September provided a good vantage point to look at the euro zone’s deepening crisis. Angle readers will recall...
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A New Agenda for a New World
24 June 2013 Minister Gunilla Carlson Like every political agenda, the post-2015 agenda must be firmly based in a reality check. The current...
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Urbanization and Development in Asia: Linkages with Globalization and Migration
Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, was the venue for the launch on 16 June 2012 of the just...
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Estimating the Net Effects of Migration and Remittances on Poverty and InequalityPart of Journal Special Issue Policy Arena: Small Island Developing States
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An economist’s view on migration and refugeesFew issues have been so contentious in recent years as international migration. The refugee crisis sparked not least by the Syrian war has shown that...
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How should the international community respond to migration and refugees?In our previous blog, we looked at some of the key facts about international migration and identified a few areas that, from an economist’s...
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International Migration, Remittances and Labour SupplyThe Republic of Haiti is a prime international remittance recipient country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, relative to its gross domestic product (GDP). The downside of this fact may be that Haiti, based on population size, is also...
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Return International Migration and Geographical InequalityPart of Journal Special Issue Spatial Issues in Africa
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Protectionist Tendencies in the North and Vulnerable Economies in the SouthPart of Book Globalization, Marginalization and Development
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Trade, Migration, and Poverty Reduction in the Globalizing EconomyPart of Book Globalization and the Poor in Asia
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Migration governance in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. Migration is a defining feature of our time and one closely linked with processes of economic and political development. Sustainable...
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China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the World EconomyThis paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy. It examines the possible impact of their rapid growth on...
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Conflict, Disasters, and No JobsSub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest growth rate in net international migration in the world. The reasons for this migration are investigated in this paper. First, a survey of the literature on the profile and determinants of international...
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The International Circulation of ElitesInternational migration analysis often focuses on mass migration rather than on the international mobility of elites, which is the focus of this paper. The paper offers a three-fold classification of elites: (a) knowledge elites, (b) entrepreneurial...
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Globalizing ShanghaiCities are the focal point for the mobility of talents, located between the nations and firms, states and educational institutions. Shanghai, being regarded as the 'ultimate poster-child for the effects of globalization on cities and regions' by the...
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