Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook

This Migration and Development Brief provides an update on worldwide remittance flows and the global migration crisis. It focuses on two Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators: reducing remittance costs, and reducing recruitment costs for lo...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/753091534421290610/Global-compact-on-migration
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spelling okr-10986-302782021-05-25T10:54:40Z Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook World Bank Group REMITTANCES MIGRATION REFUGEES RECRUITMENT This Migration and Development Brief provides an update on worldwide remittance flows and the global migration crisis. It focuses on two Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators: reducing remittance costs, and reducing recruitment costs for low-skilled migrants. In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly Summit on “Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants” committed to develop two global compacts: a Global Compact on Refugees, and a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Negotiations on both compacts are expected to continue through 2017, with final adoption expected at a United Nations international conference in 2018. The Brief reports on progress in the preparation of the global compacts, with an expanded discussion of the Global Compact on Migration. 2018-08-22T14:31:41Z 2018-08-22T14:31:41Z 2017-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/753091534421290610/Global-compact-on-migration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30278 English Migration and Development Brief;No. 27 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East and North Africa South Asia
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MIGRATION
REFUGEES
RECRUITMENT
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MIGRATION
REFUGEES
RECRUITMENT
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Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook
geographic_facet Africa
East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
relation Migration and Development Brief;No. 27
description This Migration and Development Brief provides an update on worldwide remittance flows and the global migration crisis. It focuses on two Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators: reducing remittance costs, and reducing recruitment costs for low-skilled migrants. In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly Summit on “Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants” committed to develop two global compacts: a Global Compact on Refugees, and a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Negotiations on both compacts are expected to continue through 2017, with final adoption expected at a United Nations international conference in 2018. The Brief reports on progress in the preparation of the global compacts, with an expanded discussion of the Global Compact on Migration.
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title Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_short Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_full Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_fullStr Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_full_unstemmed Migration and Remittances, April 2017 : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_sort migration and remittances, april 2017 : recent developments and outlook
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/753091534421290610/Global-compact-on-migration
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