Publications

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I. Migration, Labour, Skills  and Brain Drain

• Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills: How Countries Can Draw on Their Talent Abroad, by the World Bank Institute (2006)
• Trade and Migration: Building Bridges for Global Labour Mobility, by International Organization for Migration , Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development , World Bank (2004
• Migration in Towns in China, A Tale of Three Provinces: Evidence from Preliminary Tabulations of 2000 Census, by Anqing Shi (2006)
• How Important is Selection? Experimental Versus Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration, by David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman (2006)
• Chapter 5 in book "Africa's Silk Road: China and India's New Economic Frontier." Harry G. Broadman with Gozde Isik, Sonia Plaza, Xiao Ye and Yutaka Yoshino.

II. Macroeconomics, Trade and Finance

• Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy, by Ian Goldin , Kenneth Reinert (2006)
• International Migration and International Trade, by Sharon Stanton Russell , Michael S Teitelbaum (2005)
• Can Guest Worker Schemes Reduce Illegal Migration?, by Mohammad Amin and Aaditya Mattoo (2006)

III. Rural-Urban Migration

• Does Migration Reshape Expenditures in Rural Households? Evidence from Mexico, by Edward Taylor and Jorge Mora (2006)
• Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings, by Somik Lall, Harris Selod and Zmarak Shalizi (2006)

IV. Remittances and Migration

• Migration, Remittances and Development: A Review of Global Evidence, by John Page and Sonia Plaza. This paper was presented at the Plenary Session of the African Economic Research Consortium, May 29, 2005.
• International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain, by the Development Economics Research Program (2005)
• Remittances: Development Impact and Future Prospects, by Samuel Munzele Maimbo , Dilip Ratha (2005)
• Migrant Labor Remittances in South Asia, by Samuel Munzele Maimbo , Richard Adams , Nikos Passas , Reena Aggarwal (2005) 
• International Migration, Remittances, and Poverty in Developing Countries, by Richard Adams and John Page (2003)
• Global Economic Prospects 2006: Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration, by the Development Prospects Group (2006)

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