International migration, economic development & policy / Çaḡlar Özden and Maurice Schiff, editors.

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 d...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Özden, Çaglar, Schiff, Maurice W.
Other title:International migration, economic development, and policy.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Basingstoke ; New York : World Bank ; Palgrave Macmillan, ©2007.
Series:Trade and development series.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 299 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821369364
0821369369
9780821369357
0821369350
1280940212
9781280940217