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South-South Migration

Implications for Social Policy and Development

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Katja Hujo

    1. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. Nicola Piper

    1. Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK

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Part of the book series: Social Policy in a Development Context (SPDC)

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This book seeks to explore the development and policy implications of South-South migration, specifically with regard to the role and challenges for social policy. It examines the linkages and impact of migration on gender and care regimes, human resource flows, remittances, poverty, and political organizations by or for migrants.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Linking Migration, Social Development and Policy in the South — An Introduction

    • Katja Hujo, Nicola Piper
    Pages 1-45

  3. The Implications of Migration for Gender and Care Regimes in the South

    • Eleonore Kofman, Parvati Raghuram
    Pages 46-83

  4. Human Resource Flows from and between Developing Countries: Implications for Social and Public Policies

    • Jean-Baptiste Meyer
    Pages 84-119

  5. Migration and Social Development: Organizational and Political Dimensions

    • Nicola Piper
    Pages 120-157

  6. Remittances, Migration and Development: Policy Options and Policy Illusions

    • Hein de Haas
    Pages 158-189

  7. Migration and Poverty: Linkages, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications

    • Arjan de Haan, Shahin Yaqub
    Pages 190-219

  8. Towards Inclusive Migration and Social Policy Regimes — Conclusion

    • Katja Hujo, Nicola Piper
    Pages 220-229

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 230-238
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Editors and Affiliations

  • United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, Switzerland

    Katja Hujo

  • Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK

    Nicola Piper

About the editors

KATJA HUJO is Research Co-ordinator in the Social Policy and Development Programme at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, Switzerland. At UNRISD she manages research projects on Financing Social Policy and Social Policy and Migration in Developing Countries. She has published on issues such as economic development, social protection, pension reform and migration.

NICOLA PIPER is Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at the Centre for Migration Policy Research at Swansea University, UK. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published extensively on gender and migration, migrant rights and governance of migration.

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