Brain Drain or Brain Waste?
On August 25, 2008, the Philippine Professional Regulatory Commission released statistics indicating nearly half a million Filipino nurses are unemployed (see news).
View ArticleAfrica Migration Project: Household surveys call for proposals
In collaboration with the African Development Bank, the World Bank is undertaking a comprehensive study of migration and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa and destination countries outside Africa. The...
View ArticleInternational Migrants Day: How are international migrants perceived in...
Today marks the celebration of the unquestionable contribution and sacrifices that many international migrants make to both destination and origin countries. Migrants work hard, fill jobs that are...
View ArticleChinese migrants in Africa (and vice versa)
China's trade, aid and investment linkages with Africa have increased exponentially in the last few years.
View ArticleThe financial crisis and immigration policy: how some developed countries are...
More restrictive immigration policies by developed country governments are being implemented as the financial crisis deepens. For example, the United Kingdom just published a bill which contains some...
View Article¿Se están reduciendo las ofertas laborales para los inmigrantes a raíz de la...
A medida que la crisis financiera en el mundo se agudiza algunos países empiezan a tomar medidas en el campo laboral para reducir el número de empleos ofertados a los inmigrantes.
View ArticleWill the global financial crisis affect the presence of China in Sub-Saharan...
Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Mauritius this month to discuss a series of measures to help African countries cushion the impact of the global financial crisis.
View ArticleLabor Mobility and Circular Migration: What are the challenges of the...
I recently gave a presentation and participated in a conference organized by the Swedish Presidency of the European Union(EU) on “Labor Migration and its Development Potential in the Age of Mobility"on...
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Almost a third of Indians, or over 300 million people, are migrants
Photo © Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank India’s Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has just released the “Migration in India 2007-08” report (June 2010) based on the 64th round of...
View ArticleQatar's winning World Cup bid is a win for migrants
I was in Dubai last week when the news broke about Qatar's World Cup bid. Qatar winning the vote to host World Cup in 2022 will produce significant increases in migration flows from, and remittance...
View ArticleThe end of the “demographic dividend” in East Asia
In the May 2012 edition of the East Asia and Pacific economic update, I wrote that labor migration across East Asia will require more urgent attention from policy makers very soon given the large labor...
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