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The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Rural Thailand

The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Rural Thailand

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This paper studies the impact of internal migration and remittance flows on wealth accumulation and distribution in 22 rural villages in Nang Rong, Thailand. Using data from 943 households, the study constructs indices of household productive and consumer assets with principal components analysis. The changes in these indices from 1994 to 2000 are modeled as a function of households’ prior migration and remittance behavior while correcting for potential selectivity bias with propensity score more...

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D C on March 6, 2013

The State of Environmental Migration 2011

The State of Environmental Migration 2011

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The State of Environmental Migration 2011 is the second of an annual series, which aims to provide the reader with regularly-updated assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration throughout the world. Written by students of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) of Sciences Po, this volume's case studies analyze the migration flows that were induced by some of the most dramatic events of 2011—both sudden disasters and slow-onset events. IDDRI and IOM have more...

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Sonia Hossain on January 10, 2013

IOM-MPI Issue in Brief No. 6 - Thailand at a Crossroads

labor migration

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In Thailand at a Crossroads, authors Jerry Huguet, Aphichat Chamratrithirong and Claudia Natali examine the country's two basic approaches to regularizing labor migration: Memoranda of Understanding with migrant-sending neighbors and nationality verification as a preliminary step for work permit application by migrants who had entered irregularly.

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Sonia Hossain on November 15, 2012

Climate Change and Migration in Southeast Asia

Climate Change and Migration in Southeast Asia

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Migration and displacement are among the range of pressures on people and their communities likely to arise from the economic, social and environmental consequences of climate change.This paper starts with an overview of the securitization of climate change and migration - the speech acts y which actors make authoritative claims about the connection between climate change, migration and insecurity. It then explores how climate change and migration have been securitized in Southeast Asia, both more...

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Sonia Hossain on July 12, 2012

Socio-cultural Influences on the Reproductive Health of Migrant Women

Socio-cultural Influences on the Reproductive Health of Migrant Women

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This report documents the findings of literature reviews conducted in 2010 in four Mekong countries. It explores the nexus between socio-cultural factors, health seeking behaviour, and access to sexual and reproductive health information and services among internal migrants in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam, and on Burmese migrants in Thailand. Where identified, examples of good practice were also documented in the report.

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Sonia Hossain on July 11, 2012

Asian Labour Migrants and Health: Exploring Policy Routes

Asian Labour Migrants and Health: Exploring Policy Routes

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In this brief, the authors examine the myths, risk factors and stakeholders involved in migrant health issues in the region. The issue brief finds that translating political momentum into real change requires adoption of concrete initiatives aimed at two overarching objectives: 1) strengthening intersectoral collaboration at the national level and 2) increasing cross-border cooperation between countries of origin and destination. The brief identifies five sets of recommendations to move the more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 19, 2012

ISSUE IN BRIEF: Labor Migration From Colombo Process Countries

ISSUE IN BRIEF: Labor Migration From Colombo Process Countries

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Since 2005, the Colombo Process (CP) Member Countries have taken concrete, proactive steps to manage labor migration by, for example, amending existing regulations or adopting new legislation, creating new government structures dedicated to managing labor outflows, signing bilateral agreements (BAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key destination countries and launching innovative programmes and activities at various levels of government. This brief highlights 10 potential areas of more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Regional Consultative Processes on Migration (RCPs)

Regional Consultative Processes on Migration (RCPs)

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On 25–26 October 2011, the Government of Botswana, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), hosted the Third Global Meeting of Chairs and Secretariats of Regional Consultative Processes on Migration (RCPs) in Gaborone, Botswana. The meeting which took place under the broad theme of “Enhancing cooperation on migration through dialogue and capacity-building”. The main objective of the meeting was to identify common challenges and opportunities that RCPs face and more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 27, 2012

MIgration Policy Practice Feb-Mar 2012

MIgration Policy Practice Feb-Mar 2012

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The focus of this third issue of Migration Policy Practice is on Migration and Development. This special theme is informed by three articles by Kristof Tamas (on the EU Global Approach to Migration and Mobility), Irena Omelaniuk (on the GFMD’s achievements to date), and Ali Mansoor (on GFMD 2012’s work programme). This issue also includes a short introduction to, and a call for articles on, the possible development of benchmarks to measure the implications for migration of the Millennium more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 12, 2012

Climate Change, Migration, and Human Security in Southeast Asia

Climate Change, Migration, and Human Security in Southeast Asia

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This policy brief provides a brief overview of the arguments surrounding climate change-induced migration as a risk factor for insecurity, identifies key concerns within Southeast Asia and offers some thoughts on a broad framework for policy responses that rely on a human security approach to this problem. In particular, it focuses on the importance of adaptation strategies and the need to understand the complexities of migration as a coping strategy.

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Sonia Hossain on October 30, 2011

Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand

Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand

The 124-page report is based on 82 interviews with migrants from neighboring Burma, Cambodia, and Laos. It describes the widespread and severe human rights abuses faced by migrant workers in Thailand, including killings, torture in detention, extortion, and sexual abuse, and labor rights abuses such as trafficking, forced labor, and restrictions on organizing.

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Sonia Hossain on February 23, 2010

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A synthesis report on labour migration policies, management and immigration pressure in Thailand

'This paper aims to bring together the findings and policy recommendations from the wide range of studies that have looked at Thailand’s irregular labour migration. The synthesis report draws facts and findings mainly from the “Review of Labour Migration Policies, Regulatory Framework, Management Institutions, and Immigration Pressure in Thailand,” which was prepared by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) under the ILO/Japan Project on Managing Cross-border Movement of Labour in more...

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Imran Uddin on April 19, 2009

Reproductive health for conflict-affected people: Policies, research, and programmes

In 1994, the ICPD in Cairo defined sexual and reproductive health care and formally recognized the specific reproductive health needs of displaced persons. Implementing reproductive health programs during complex emergencies is now a standard part of humanitarian response. This HPN paper reviews policies, research, and programmes relating to reproductive health care in emergency settings, discussing progress that has been made as well as future needs. Ultimately, this paper aims to equip more...

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Maribeth Lovegrove on June 3, 2005

FMO Research Guide: Reproductive Health

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This thematic guide, written by Kelly MacDonald, provides an overview of key issues in reproductive health, focusing on both longer-term and emergency settings. Emphasizing universal rights, women’s empowerment, and health service provision as core components of reproductive and sexual health (RSH), the guide contains a historical synopsis of key issues, a discussion of RSH issues in settings of forced displacement and longer-term settings, and a summary of constraints to providing more...

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Maribeth Lovegrove on May 24, 2005

A Comparative Study of Women Trafficked in the Migration Process Patterns, Profiles and Health Consequences in Five Countries ...

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Patterns, Profiles and Health Consequences in Five Countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Venezuela and the United States). Published in 2002, this 245-page publication details the results of a two-year study funded by the Ford Foundation on sex trafficking, which includes prostitution, sex tourism, mail-order brides, and bonded labor and domestic work that results in sexual exploitation. The publication describes the patterns, profiles, and health consequences of sex trafficking in more...

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Susan Pasquariella on August 25, 2003

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