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This study reviews 25 interstate consultative mechanisms on migration: 18 RCPs and seven others, here termed interregional forums on migration (IRF) that appear to depart from the classic RCP model in...

This edition of the IOM Migration Research Series, authored by the staff of the ACP Observatory, sheds light on the specific characteristics of South–South migration and presents evidence on the...

More than 2 million Southerners have returned to South Sudan since 2005, following the end of the North–South civil war. Building on research conducted in South Sudan, as well as Egypt and northern...

This publication is a shortened version of the summary report “Mobility of Health Professionals: Health systems, work conditions, patterns of health workers’ mobility and implication for policy makers...

South–South remittance corridors still remain a largely unexplored research area, despite the fact that for a few years already, international organizations, such as the International Organization for...

Part A of this report provides a systematic update of the evidence base regarding migration’s relevance to and impact on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, it...

This study explores vulnerability and household response measures in the contexts of environmental stress in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam. Displacement estimates are often based on broad assumptions...

The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) Health strand is a questionnaire designed to supplement the existing seven strands of the MIPEX, which in its latest edition (2015) monitors policies...

This publication evaluates the cost-effectiveness of both external and internal migration-control instruments in the USA, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It discusses whether...

There is growing consensus that international migration can have important impacts on development, and that it is important to develop appropriate and effective policy interventions that will help...

Remittances are an integral feature of the internal migration process in China. In order to understand the contributions remittances can make to development and the ways in which potential benefits...

There are several hundreds of thousands of Nigerians throughout Europe, half of whom live in the United Kingdom. According to this report, emigration has represented a considerable drain of highly...

This publication explores different challenges posed to home and host country governments engaging with their diasporas for development purposes. How to define diasporas? How to gather data on...

Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the sixty-second session (24 March 2017 and 12–23 March 2018). The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal...

Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the sixty-third session (23 March 2018 and 11–22 March 2019). The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal...

Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the sixty-fourth session (22 March 2019 and 9 March 2020). The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal...

Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the sixty-fifth session (15–26 March 2021). The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global...

Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the sixty-sixth session (26 March 2021 and 14–25 March 2022). The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal...

This research paper reveals the findings of a multi-country pilot study carried out to investigate the demand side related to the trafficking of human beings. It focuses on employer demand for...

There is much greater awareness today that development affects migration, and that migration influences development. The challenge is to find innovative and effective ways to enhance the benefits of...