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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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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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 Ratha, Dilip Mohapatra, Sanket Ozden, Caglar Plaza, Sonia Shaw, William Shimeles, Abebe Leveraging Migration for Africa : Remittances, Skills, and Investments |
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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 impact of migratory patterns.
This book seeks to contribute toward this goal, by reviewing
previous research and providing new analyses (including
surveys and case studies) as well as by formulating policy
recommendations that can improve the migration experience
for migrants, origin countries, and destination countries.
The book comprises this introduction and summary and four
chapters. Chapter one reviews the data on African migration
and considers the challenges African governments face in
managing migration. Chapter two discusses the importance of
remittances, the most tangible link between migration and
development; it also identifies policies that can facilitate
remittance flows to Africa and increase their development
impact. Chapter three analyzes high-skilled emigration and
analyzes policies that can limit adverse implications and
maximize positive implications for development. Chapter four
considers ways in which Africa can leverage its diaspora
resources to increase trade, investment, and access to technology. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Ratha, Dilip Mohapatra, Sanket Ozden, Caglar Plaza, Sonia Shaw, William Shimeles, Abebe |
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Ratha, Dilip Mohapatra, Sanket Ozden, Caglar Plaza, Sonia Shaw, William Shimeles, Abebe |
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Ratha, Dilip |
| title |
Leveraging Migration for Africa :
Remittances, Skills, and Investments |
| title_short |
Leveraging Migration for Africa :
Remittances, Skills, and Investments |
| title_full |
Leveraging Migration for Africa :
Remittances, Skills, and Investments |
| title_fullStr |
Leveraging Migration for Africa :
Remittances, Skills, and Investments |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Leveraging Migration for Africa :
Remittances, Skills, and Investments |
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leveraging migration for africa :
remittances, skills, and investments |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-23002021-04-23T14:02:01Z Leveraging Migration for Africa : Remittances, Skills, and Investments Ratha, Dilip Mohapatra, Sanket Ozden, Caglar Plaza, Sonia Shaw, William Shimeles, Abebe 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 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 impact of migratory patterns. This book seeks to contribute toward this goal, by reviewing previous research and providing new analyses (including surveys and case studies) as well as by formulating policy recommendations that can improve the migration experience for migrants, origin countries, and destination countries. The book comprises this introduction and summary and four chapters. Chapter one reviews the data on African migration and considers the challenges African governments face in managing migration. Chapter two discusses the importance of remittances, the most tangible link between migration and development; it also identifies policies that can facilitate remittance flows to Africa and increase their development impact. Chapter three analyzes high-skilled emigration and analyzes policies that can limit adverse implications and maximize positive implications for development. Chapter four considers ways in which Africa can leverage its diaspora resources to increase trade, investment, and access to technology. 2012-03-19T09:03:37Z 2012-03-19T09:03:37Z 2011-04-26 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20110510232503 978-0-8213-8257-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2300 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |