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No. 13 | 2009

The Recession and Migration: Alternative Scenarios

Philip Martin

international migration, remittances, recession

No. 12 | 2009

The Political Economy of Migration Processes: An Agenda for Migration Research and Analysis

Sarah Collinson

migration theory, migration dynamics, livelihoods, political economy, power and agency

No. 11 | 2008

Insertion au marché du travail : les expériences des immigrants sénégalais à Montréal

Maguemati Wabgou

Senegal, immigrants, labour market

No. 10 | 2008

Migration Aspirations and Immobility in a Malian Soninke Village

Gunvor Jónsson

migration aspirations, culture of migration, immobility, Soninke, West Africa, youth, anthropology

No. 9 | 2008

Migration and development: A theoretical perspective

Hein de Haas

Migration theory, development theory, social theory, remittances, neo-Marxism, developmentalism, transnationalism

No. 8 | 2007

Keeping Them in Their Place: the ambivalent relationship between development and migration in Africa

Oliver Bakewell

rural-urban migration, international migration, development, NGOs, Africa, colonialism, development policy, diaspora

No. 7 | 2007

Comparing the Experience of Five Major Emigration Countries

Stephen Castles

Migration, development, social transformation, remittances, diasporas, return

No. 6 | 2007

North African migration systems: evolution, transformations and development linkages

Hein de Haas

migration systems, North Africa, development

No. 5 | 2007

The meaning and use of identity papers: handheld and heartfelt nationality in the borderlands of North West Zambia

Oliver Bakewell

Zambia, migration policy, visa, passport, Angola

No. 4 | 2007

Circular migration: the way forward in global policy?

Steven Vertovec

circular migration, policy

No. 3 | 2007

Impact of international migration on social and economic development in Moroccan sending regions: a review of empirical literature

Hein de Haas

Morocco, migration theory, development

No. 2 | 2006

Turning the tide? Why 'development instead of migration' policies are bound to fail

Hein de Haas

No. 1 | 2006

Back to the future? Can Europe meet its labour needs through temporary migration?

Stephen Castles