Data on Migration

Migration and Remittances Factbook. This factbook provides a snapshot of migration and remittances for all countries, regions and income groups of the world, compiled from available data from various sources.

Migration Stocks and Flows

• Ratha, Dilip, and William Shaw. 2007. "South-South Migration and Remittances." World Bank Working Paper No. 102.
• United Nations Population Division. 2005. Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision.
• Migration Policy  Institute -Migration Data Hub: Country and Comparative Data
• OECD  International Migration Statistics 
• Migration Globalisation and Poverty-Development Research Center:Global Migrant Origin Database

 Remittances

• IMF (International Monetary Fund). 2007. IMF Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2007.
• World Bank. 2007. "Workers' Remittances and Compensation of Employees."
• IADB-MFI-Fomin: Remittances to Latin American and the Caribbean 2006

 Brain Drain

• Gunilla Pettersson. 2006. "New Data on African Health Professionals Abroad." Working Paper No. 95, Center for Global Development.
• Docquier, Frédéric, and Abdeslam Marfouk. 2004. "Measuring the International Mobility of Skilled Workers (1990-2000) - Release 1.0." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3381.
• Docquier, Frédéric, and Alok Bhargava. 2006. "The Medical Brain Drain: A New Panel Dataset on Physicians' Emigration Rates (1991-2004)." World Bank.

 Refugees

• UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2006. 2005 Global Refugee Trends.
• Migration Policy  Institute- Migration Data Hub: Refugee Protection

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