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1995
This proceedings contains papers and recommendations focusing on the international migration of women. Growing numbers of women are opting for international migration as a means of improving life chances. This proceedings addresses some of the issues resulting from such migration. The book, divided into four parts, includes an introduction by the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females
Grant, Geraldine – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Suggests that immigration entails redefinition of sex roles and kin obligations in immigrant families; reveals a trend toward increasingly differentiated nuclear families among immigrants; and identifies pressures that may make immigrant families more susceptible to instability than American families, and countervailing forces that may contribute…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Employment Patterns
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Freeman, Gary P. – International Migration Review, 1992
Studies the politics of immigration in the major immigrant-receiving countries, focusing on the United States, Canada, and Australia. A strong pattern of restrictionism in the face of pressures for entry is found, coupled with exceptions, amnesties, and hesitation to enforce the law. Consequences of these inconsistencies are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
World Bank, Washington, DC. – 1995
This executive summary examines the rapid changes occurring in economic markets and employment around the world. The report concludes that problems of low incomes, poor working conditions, and insecurity affecting many of the world's workers can be tackled effectively in ways that reduce poverty and regional inequality. Sound domestic policy and a…
Descriptors: Demography, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
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Ong, Paul M.; And Others – Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1992
Discusses the effects of the movement of Asians trained in technical fields in light of the global articulation of higher education, the link to unequal development on a global scale, and the contribution of economic development of the reverse flow to less developed countries. (JB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Brain Drain, Developed Nations, Developing Nations