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BL
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946302
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b700672
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| Title & Author
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International migration, economic development policy /\ Çaḡlar Özden and Maurice Schiff, editors.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, DC :: World Bank ;Basingstoke ;New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Trade and development series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xvii, 299 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0821369350
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: 0821369369
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: 1280940212
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: 6610940215
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: 9780821369357
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: 9780821369364
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: 9781280940217
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: 9786610940219
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0821370286
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9780821370285
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Global migration database -- Quantifying international migration: a database of bilateral migrant stocks / Christopher R. Parsons, Ronald Skeldon, Terrie L. Walmsley and L. Alan Winters -- Impact on development -- The impact of remittances on poverty and human capital: evidence from Latin American household surveys / Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber, and J. Humberto Lopez -- Does work migration spur investment in origin communities? Entrepreneurship, schooling and child health in rural Pakistan / Ghazala Mansuri -- Entrepreneurship, labor markets, and international remittances: evidence from El Salvador / Pablo Acosta -- The demographic benefit of international migration: a hypothesis and its application to Middle Eastern and North African contexts / Phillippe Fargues -- Host country policy effects -- Immigration incentives and policy in Switzerland / Dominique M. Gross -- The impact of an ex-ante job offer requirement on labor migration: the New Zealand-Tongan experience / John Gibson and David McKenzie -- Return migration -- Returns to overseas work experience: the case of Egypt / Jackline Wahba -- Foreign-born migration to and from Norway / Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Kjetil Sørlie.
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| Abstract
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International migration has become a central element of international relations and global integration due to its rapidly increasing economic, social, and cultural impact in both source and destination countries. This book provides new evidence on the impact of migration and remittances on several development indicators, including innovative thinking about the nexus between migration and birth rates. In addition, the book identifies the effect of host country policies on migration flows, examines the determinants of return and repeat migration, and explores the degree of success of return migr.
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Emigrant remittances.
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Emigration and immigration-- Economic aspects.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Émigration et immigration-- Aspect économique.
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Émigration et immigration.
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Envois de fonds des émigrants.
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Emigração (aspectos econômicos)
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Emigrant remittances.
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Emigration and immigration-- Economic aspects.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Imigração (aspectos econômicos)
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Migração.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Emigration Immigration.
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Transferência de recursos.
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Economische ontwikkeling.
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Migratie (demografie)
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| Dewey Classification
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304.8
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| LC Classification
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JV6035.I516 2007eb
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| NLM classification
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74.94bcl
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| Added Entry
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Özden, Çaglar.
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Schiff, Maurice W.
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World Bank.
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| Parallel Title
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International migration, economic development, and policy
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