Leveraging Migration for Africa : Remittances, Skills, and Investments

International migration has profound implications for human welfare, and African governments have had only a limited influence on welfare outcomes, for good or ill. Improved efforts to manage migration will require information on the nature and imp...

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Main Authors:	Ratha, Dilip, Mohapatra, Sanket, Ozden, Caglar, Plaza, Sonia, Shaw, William, Shimeles, Abebe
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABUSE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ASYLUM BANK ACCOUNTS BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BRAIN DRAIN CENSUSES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DECADES OF WAR DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF REMITTANCES DIASPORA DIASPORA COMMUNITIES DISEASES DISPLACED PEOPLE DISSEMINATION DIVORCE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED MIGRANTS ELDERLY EMIGRANT REMITTANCES EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EXPATRIATE NATIONALS EXPATRIATES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURES FAMILY TIES FARMERS FERTILITY FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FORCED MIGRATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGNERS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ROLES GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HOME COUNTRIES HOME VILLAGES HOST COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WELFARE HUSBANDS ILLEGAL ALIENS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INFECTION RATES INFLUX OF REFUGEES INFORMAL REMITTANCE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INITIATIVES ON REMITTANCES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES INTRAREGIONAL MIGRATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED RESOURCES LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC LEVEL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MIGRANT MIGRANT LABORERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION RATES MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE MUTUAL RESPECT NATIONAL BORDERS NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF REFUGEES NUMBER OF WOMEN NURSES OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENT SERVICES PERMANENT SETTLEMENT PHYSICAL ABUSE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROWTH POST OFFICES POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC SERVICES RACISM RATE OF MIGRATION REFUGEE REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REMITTANCE REMITTANCE CHANNELS REMITTANCE RECIPIENTS REMITTANCES RESETTLEMENT RESOURCE FLOWS RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES RIGHT OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEX SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SKILLED WORKERS SMALL COUNTRIES SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SECURITY TECHNICAL RESOURCES TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TOLERANCE TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNFPA UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS USE OF REMITTANCES VICTIMS VISAS VULNERABILITY WAR WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING-AGE POPULATION XENOPHOBIA YOUNG ADULTS
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Leveraging Migration for Africa : Remittances, Skills, and Investments

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