Policy coherence for development 2007
Subtitle: migration and developing countries
Publisher: OECD; OECD Development Centre
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9789264033115
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Economic aspects; Government policy
Other titles: Cohérence des politiques au service du développement 2007.
Description: This edition of the Development Centre's annual report on policy coherence focuses on migration. The book examines the costs and benefits of migration for developing countries and how these flows can be better organised to yield greater benefits for all parties concerned -- migrant-sending countries, migrant-receiving countries, and the migrants themselves. It takes stock of what we know about the effects of migration on development, and distills from that knowledge a set of policy recommendations for sending and receiving countries alike. It draws on a large number of country and regional case studies co-ordinated by the OECD Development Centre to illustrate the mechanisms that link migration and development: labour-market effects, brain drain, remittances, diaspora networks and return migration.
Notes: Also available in French under the title: La cohérence des politiques au service du développement 2007 : migrations et pays en développement.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Human Mobility in the New Century; title: International Labour Mobility: A View from the Sending Countries; title: Economic Effects of Migration on the Home Country: A Simple Life-cycle Model; title: Departure of Labour: When Does the Home Country Benefit?; title: The Brain Drain and Negative Social Effects: When is the Home Country Hurt?; title: Remittances and the Reduction of Vulnerability; title: Diaspora Networks; title: Return; title: Interlinkages between Migration, Trade and Aid; title: What Role for OECD Country Migration Policies?; title: Integrating International Migration into Development Strategies; title: Coherence of Policies for More Effective Management.