Moving out, back and up
Subtitle: international migration and development prospects in the Philippines
By: edited by Maruja M.B. Asis and Fabio Baggio
Contributors: Scalabrini Migration Center
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Scalabrini Migration Center
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Quezon City, Philippines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789718789148
Subjects: Filipinos; Employment; Emigration and immigration; Filipino Foreign workers; Foreign countries
Other titles: International migration and development prospects in the Philippines; Social dimensions of international migration in the Philippines.; Migration-development disconnect in the Philippines.; Philippine diasporic divided.; 3x1 program of collective remittances in Mexico.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Will turning transnational foster development in the Philippines?  -- Maruja M.B. Asis and Fabio Baggio; title: Economic impact of international migration and remittances on Philippine households : what we thought we knew, what we need to know  -- Aniceto C. Orbeta, Jr.; title: Economic models on the motives behind migrant workers' remittances  -- Michael M. Alba; title: The social dimensions of international migration in the Philippines : findings from research  -- Maruja M.B. Asis; title: The migration-development disconnect in the Philippines  -- Fabio Baggio; title: The Philippine diasporic divided : maximizing the development potentials of international migration  -- Fernando T. Aldaba and Jeremaiah M. Opiniano; title: Keeping the Bayanihan spirit alive : the link for Philippine development program  -- Golda Myra R. Roma; title: Migrant economic empowerment as an approach to rights awareness and human development  -- Ildefonso F. Bagasao; title: Converging initiatives on migration and development  -- Estrella "Mai" Dizon-Anoñuevo; title: Remittances, migration and development : perspectives of Filipino migrants in Italy  -- Charito Basa; title: Filipinos in New Zealand : Contributing to local development in the Philippines  -- John Richard Simon Alayon; title: Making a difference : Bansaleños give back  -- Leila Rispens-Noel; title: International migration and development in Mexico : a critical assessment  -- Raúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márques Covarrubias; title: The 3x1 program of collective remittances in Mexico : lessons for other countries of origin -- Rodolfo García Zamora.