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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"migration and development"”.
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Migration and development in Mexican communities
Migration from Mexico to the United States constitutes one of the world's largest labor flows and generates enormous capital flows in the opposite direction. Corresponding to each of these flows is a distinct view of the role migration plays in local economic development. The optimistic view …
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Migration and development in Senegal : a system dynamics analysis of the feedback relationships
… investigates the reciprocal relationship between migration and development in Senegal. Therewith, it contributes to the debate as to whether migration in developing countries enhances or rather impedes the development process. Even though extensive and controversial discussions can be found in the …
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Transnational development: Limitations and potentialities of a model for 'Migration and Development' : case study Caxcania
In previous public and academic discourses the perception of migration and development has a varied trajectory; in general, the understanding of the linkage was often unbalanced, because of an overemphasis with regard to the scope, meaning international labor migrant's contribution to development. …
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Innovating government : migration, development and the state in Morocco and Mexico, 1963-2005
Mexico and Morocco have some of the longest standing and most advanced policies linking the emigration of their low-skilled workers to their national and sub-national economic development. In my dissertation, I examine the processes through which the governments of both countries designed the …
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Seasons of Change: Ni-Vanuatu and the Recognised Seasonal Employer’s (RSE) Scheme
… subjectivities are predominantly constituted by "migration narratives" derived from the social context in New Zealand and Vanuatu. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews with RSE participants and stakeholders in charge of managing this migration scheme in a multi-sited three-phase …
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The genomics behind beauty: disentangling the complex coat color genetic architecture of gir breed
… trait of high biological, zootechnical, and economic relevance, having historically been used as a visual criterion in selection programs and as a marker associated with adaptive and productive processes. In zebu breeds such as Gir (Bos indicus), this trait exhibits wide phenotypic …
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An exploratory study of the social and economic experiences of Zimbabwean youth immigrants in Cape Town
… Zimbabwean youth when they migrate to Cape Town and the impact of this migration on Zimbabwe's social development. The immigrants in Cape Town, in Khayelitsha and Summer Greens were interviewed. The study was carried out with a sample of seventeen immigrants. It adopted a qualitative, exploratory …
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Migration, development and social change in a 21st century North Indian hill village
This dissertation analyses movements from and to a contemporary 21st century Indian multi-caste village in the Kumaun Himalayas, where movements have traditionally involved transhumance and border trade with western Tibet. With the closure of the Indo-Tibetan borders after the Indo-China war in …
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THE IMPACT OF WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION THROUGH MARRIAGE ON SENDING HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE CASE STUDY OF THREE RURAL COMMUNES OF SOUTHERN VIETNAM
This thesis focuses on the international and marriage-based migration of young Vietnamese women to Taiwan and South Korea. The study examines the economic and social impact of this phenomenon on sending households and communities. The study is based on a survey conducted in 2007 in three communes …
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The Ethics of Labor Migration: From Social Protection To Commodification
Growing scholarship critiques ideas of migration as a development tool, however it remains a key policy instrument for sending states who seek to foster development. These critiques point to the importance of how sending states perceive their roles in the lives of migrants abroad, suggesting that …