• Irving, J. – Mohapatra, S. – Ratha, D. (2010) "Migrant Remittance Flows: Findings from a global Survey of Central Banks", World Bank.
• Kethar, S. & Ratha D. (eds) 2009: "Innovative Finance for Development", World Bank.
• World Bank (2008) "Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008", World Bank.
• World Bank (2008) "Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America", World Bank.
• Andrew Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja H. Sjoblom (eds), (2008) The International Migration of Women, Palgrave MacMillan: New York, November 2007.
• Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds) (2007) International Migration, Economic Development and Policy, Palgrave MacMillan: New York.
• World Bank (2006): "Global Economic Prospects 2006: Economic Implications of Migration and Remittances", World Bank.
• World Bank (2006) "Expanding Job Opportunities for Pacific Islanders through Labor Mobility at Home and Away" World Bank.
• Caglar Ozden, Maurice Schiff (Eds) (2006) International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain. Palgrave MacMillan: New York., October 2005 (2006 in ISBN).
• Maimbo, S.M. & Ratha, D. (eds) (2005), "Remittances – Development Impacts and Future Prospects", World Bank.

•  Migration and Development Brief 13.; Outlook for Remittance Flows 2011-12.
• Migration and Development Brief 12.; Outlook for Remittance Flows 2010-11: Remittance flows to developing countries remained resilient in 2009, expected to recover during 2010-11.
• Migration and Development Brief 11.; A better-than-expected outcome for migration and remittance flows in 2009, but significant risks ahead.
• Migration and Development Brief 10.; Outlook for Remittance Flows 2009-2011.
• Migration and Development Brief 9.; Revised Outlook for Remittance Flows 2009-2011: Remittances expected to fall by 5 to 8 percent in 2009.
• Migration and Development Brief 8.; Outlook for Remittance Flows 2008-2010: Growth expected to moderate significantly, but flows to remain resilient.;
• Migration and Development Brief 7. Protecting Temporary Workers: Migrant Welfare Funds from Developing Countries.
• Migration and Development Brief 6. Managing Migration: Lessons from the Philippines.
• Migration and Development Brief 5.; Revisions to Remittance Trends 2007.
• Remittances Dispatch.US dollar depreciation and remittance flows to developing countries.
• Migration and Development Brief 4. International Migration and Technological Progress.
• Migration and Development Brief 3. Recorded remittances to developing countries are estimated to reach $240 billion in 2007. See also Press release | Brief in French | Spanish | Arabic
• Migration and Development Brief 2. Remittance flows to developing countries to approach $200 billion in 2006.
• Migration and Development Brief 1. U.S. immigration reform: some development implications.

•  Ketkar, Suhas and Dilip Ratha. 2010. "Diaspora Bonds: Tapping the Diaspora during Difficult Times", Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 251-263.
• Ratha, Dilip, Prabal De and Sanket Mohapatra. 2010. Shadow Sovereign Ratings for Unrated Developing Countries. Forthcoming in World Development.
• Migration Letters: Financial Crisis and Remittances (Special Issue)
  October 2010 Selected articles:
  Editorial: Remittances and the global financial crisis (Dilip Ratha and Ibrahim Sirkeci)
  Forecasting migrant remittances during the global financial crisis (Sanket Mohapatra and Dilip Ratha)
  Migration patterns in a remittances dependent economy: Evidence from Tajikistan during the global financial crisis (Alexander M. Danzer and Oleksiy Ivaschenko)
  Case Study: From shock absorber to shock transmitter: Determinants of remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa (Raju Jan Singh)
• Mohapatra, Sanket, George Joseph, Dilip Ratha. 2009. "Remittances and Natural Disasters: Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4972.
• Ratha, Dilip, Sanket Mohapatra, and Sonia Plaza. 2008. Beyond Aid: New Sources and Innovative Mechanisms for Financing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa(Forthcoming as a Policy Research Working Paper and a chapter in "Africa at a Turning Point," edited by John Page and Delfin Go).

• Adams, Jr., Richard H., Alfredo Cuecuecha, and John Page. 2008. Remittances, consumption and investment in Ghana. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No 4515.
• Ratha, Dilip, Prabal De and Sanket Mohapatra. 2007. Shadow Sovereign Ratings for Unrated Developing Countries. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4269).
• Ketkar, Suhas and Dilip Ratha. 2007. Development Finance via Diaspora Bonds: Track Record and Potential. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No 4311.
• Ratha, Dilip. 2007. Leveraging Remittances for Development. Paper presented at the Second Plenary Meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development, Oslo, February 6-7, 2007; and at the Brainstorming session on Migration and Development organized by the Migration Policy Institute and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels, February 27, 2007.
• Ratha, Dilip, and William Shaw. 2007. South-South Migration and Remittance World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Also available for purchase).
• Ratha, Dilip, 2007. Why Should Financial Institutions Care about Remittances? Paper presented at the workshop on "The Impact of Remittances on Finance for Development: Analyzing Operational Frameworks" orgainzed by the OECD Development Centre and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of Finance, held on March 12, 2007 in Madrid, Spain.

BACKGROUND PAPERS FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS 2006

•  Lowell, B. Lindsay, and Stefka G. Gerova. 2004. "Diasporas and Economic Development: State of Knowledge." World Bank, Washington. September.
• Freund, Caroline, and Nikola Spatafora. 2005. "Remittances: Costs, Determinants, and Informality." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3704. Washington, DC.
• Ratha, Dilip, and Jan Riedberg. 2005. "On Reducing Remittance Costs." Unpublished paper. Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, DC

A. Impact of Migration, Remittances on Development

• "Japanese-Brazilians and the Future of Brazilian Migration to Japan" McKenzie, David and Alejandrina Salcedo. Forthcoming in International Migration.
• "How Important is Selection? Experimental Vs Non-experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration" David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman. Forthcoming in Journal of the European Economic Association.
• "Diasporas" Caglar Ozden, Frédéric Docquier and Michelle Beine. Forthcoming in Journal of Development Economics.
• "How Important is Migration?" Caglar Ozden and Mirvat Sewadeh. Forthcoming in The Poor Half Billion in South Asia, E. Ghani (ed.) Oxford University Press.
• "Role of Emigration and Emigrant Networks in Labor Market Decisions of Non-Migrants," Jinu Koola and Caglar Ozden. Forthcoming in ABCDE volume.
• "Surveying Migrant Households: A Comparison of Census-based, Snowball, and Intercept Surveys" David McKenzie and Johan Mistiaen, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 172(2): 339-360, 2009.
• "A Profile of the World's young Developing Country Migrants" David McKenzie, Population and Development Review, 34(1): 115-35. 2008.
• "How Pro-Poor is the Selection of Seasonal Migrant Workers from Tonga Under New Zealand’s Recognized Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program?" John Gibson, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua, Pacific Economic Bulletin 23(3): 187-204, 2008.
• "Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated" in Review of Econ. of the Household 6: 267-84. - IZA Disc. Paper 2088. Apr 2008
• "Who is coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the new Recognized Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program?" McKenzie, David, Pilar Garcia Martinez and Alan Winters, Pacific Economic Bulletin 23(3):205-228, 2008.
• "HIV Prevalence and Migration of Healthcare Staff in Africa" Alok Barghava and Frédéric Docquier, World Bank Economic Review, 22: 345-366, 2008.
• "A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold: Do Emigrants have Over-optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?" David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman. World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 4141, March 2007.
• "Efficient Remittance Services for Development in the Pacific Gibson" John Gibson, Halahingano Rohorua and David McKenzie, Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 14(2):55-74, 2007.
• "Moving to Opportunity, Leaving Behind What? Evaluating the Initial Effects of a Migration Policy on Incomes and Poverty in a Source Sountry" David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman, New Zealand Economic Papers, 41(2): 197-224, 2007.
• "Network Effects and the Dynamics of Migration and Inequality: Theory and Evidence from Mexico" David McKenzie and Hillel Rapoport, Journal of Development Economics, 84(1): 1-24, 2007
• "Paper Walls are Easier to Tear Down: Passport Costs and Legal Barriers to Emigration, World Development" David McKenzie, 35(11): 2026-2039, 2007.
• "The Impact of Immigration on Child Health: Experimental Evidence From a Migration Lottery Program" David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman. March 2007.
• "How Cost Elastic are Remittances? Evidence from Tongan migrants in New Zealand" John Gibson, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua, Pacific Economic Bulletin. 21(1): 112-128, 2006.
• "Remittances and Poverty in Migrants’ Home Areas: Evidence from the Philippines" Dean Yang and Claudia A.Martínez. In International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain. October 2005 (2006 in ISBN). Palgrave MacMillan: New York. Caglar Ozden, Maurice Schiff. eds.
• "The Effects of Migration on Child Health in Mexico" Nicole Hildebrandt and David McKenzie" Economia, 6(1): 257-289, 2005.
• Migration, Sorting and Regional Inequality: Evidence from Banglades, Forhad Shilpi, May 2008.
• Determinants of Remittances: Recent Evidence Using Data on Internal Migrants in Vietnam, Yoko Niimi, Thai Hung Pham and Barry Reilly, April 2008.

B. Skilled Immigration, Brain Drain, Brain Gain and Brain Waste

• Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies, David McKenzie and Dean Yang, August 2010.
• The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest, John Gibson and David McKenzie, August 2010.
• "Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain: Causes and Linkages" Maurice Schiff and Yoko Niimi. Forthcoming in Annales d’Economie et de Statistique.
• "A Gendered Assessment of Highly Skilled Emigration" Frédéric Docquier, B. Lindsay Lowell and Abdeslam Marfouk, Population and Development Review. Forthcoming, 2009.
• "Self-selection Patterns in Mexico-U.S. migration: the Role of Migrant Networks" David McKenzie and Hillel Rapoport. Forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics.
• "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less!" Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique 99/100, 2010.
• "Brain Waste? Educated Immigrants in the US Labor Market" Aaditya Mattoo, Caglar Ozden and Cristina Neagu, Journal of Development Economics, vol.87, no.2, p.255-69, 2008.
• "Is Migration a Good Substitute for Education Subsidies?" Frédéric Docquier, Ousmane Faye and Pierre Pestieau, Journal of Development Economics, 86, 263-276, 2008.
• "Brain Drain and its Determinants: A Major Issue for Small States" Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Maurice Schiff, IZA Discussion Paper 3398 - Submitted to International Migration, 2008.
• "Measuring International Skilled Migration: New Estimates Controlling for Age of Entry", Michael Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport, World Bank Economic Review 21 (2007) 249-254.
• Migration and education inequality in rural Mexico" David McKenzie and Hillel Rapoport, Integration and Trade Journal / Revista Integración y Comercio, 27: 13-158, 2007.
• "Remittances in the Pacific" David McKenzie, In Susan Pozo (ed.) Immigrants and Their International Money Flows, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research: Kalamazoo, MI, 2007.
• "Skilled Migration: The Perspective of Developing Countries" Frédéric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport, Policy Research Working Papers, 3382, 2004.

C. Migration, Trade and FDI

• "Migrant Networks and Foreign Direct Investment," Beata S. Javorcika, Caglar Ozden, Mariana Spatare and Cristina Neagu. Forthcoming in Journal of Development Economics.
• Medical Migration: What can we Learn from the UK's Perspective? Martine Rutten, April 2008.
• The Challenge of Reducing International Trade and Migration Barriers, Kym Anderson and L. Alan Winters, April 2008

D. Temporary Movement and Mode IV

• "The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Mode 4: Trade in Services as a Partial Substitute for Migration?" Bernard Hoekman and Caglar Ozden. Forthcoming in Journal of Common Market Studies.
• Migration from Zambia: Ensuring Temporariness Through Cooperation, Mohammad Amin and Aaditya Mattoo, March 2007.
• Can Guest Worker Schemes Reduce Illegal Migration? Mohammad Amin and Aaditya Mattoo, February 2006.

E. Social Protection

• Social Protection for Migrants from the Pacific Islands in Australia and New Zealand (633kb pdf) Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0912, May 2009 by Geoff Woolford
• Regional Overview of Social Protection for Non-Citizens in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (1.1mb pdf)
• Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0908, May 2009 by Marius Olivier
  Definitions, Good Practices and Global Estimates on the Status of Social Protection for International Migrants (426kb pdf)
• Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0909, May 2009 by Johanna Avato, Johannes Koettl, and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
• Social Protection for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) (332kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0906, April 2009 by Mpho Makhema
• The Relative Merits of Skilled and Unskilled Migration, Temporary and Permanent Labor Migration, and Portability of Social Security Benefits (210kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0614, November 2006 by Johannes Koettl under guidance of and with input from Robert Holzmann and Stefano Scarpetta
• Portability Regimes of Pension and Health Care Benefits for International Migrants: An Analysis of Issues and Good Practices (391kb pdf). Also available in French (349kb pdf). Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0519, May 2005
  by Robert Holzmann, Johannes Koettl, and Taras Chernetsky
• Portability of Social Security and Health Care Benefits in Italy (35kb pdf)
  by Johanna Avato, March 2008
• Portability of Social Security and Health Care Benefits in the United Kingdom (70kb pdf) by Johanna Avato, March 2008
• Access to Social Services for Non-Citizens and the Portability of Social Benefits within the Southern African Development Community (SADC): South Africa Country Report (259kb pdf) by Mathias Nyenti, Meryl du Plessis and Lydia Akena Apon, September 2007
• Access to Social Services for Non-Citizens and the Portability of Social Benefits within the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Zambia Country Report (77kb pdf) by Makungo Muyembe, August 2007
• Access to Social Services for Non-Citizens and the Portability of Social Benefits within the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Namibia Country Report (131kb pdf) by Jonathan Adongo, September 2007
• Access to Social Services for Non-Citizens and the Portability of Social Benefits within the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Botswana Country Report (99kb pdf) by Dolly Ntseane and Kholisani Solo, August 2007
• Access to Social Services for Non-Citizens and the Portability of Social Benefits within the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Malawi Country Report (92kb pdf) by Institute of Policy Research and Social Empowerment (IPRSE), June 2007.

F. Human Trafficking

• Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery and Economic Exploitation (497kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0911; Publication Date: 05/09
  by Johannes Koettl
• Slavery and Human Trafficking: International Law and the Role of the World Bank (456kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0904, April 2004 by María Fernanda Perez Solla

G. Labor Markets & Migration

• Migration, Labor Markets, and Integration of Migrants: An Overview for Europe (240kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0807, April 2008 by Rainer Münz.
• The Social Assimilation of Immigrants (239kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0701, February 2007 by Domenico de Palo, Riccardo Faini and Alessandra Venturini
• Labor Market Outcomes of Natives and Immigrants: Evidence from the ECHP (331kb pdf) Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0615, November 2006
  by Franco Peracchi and Domenico Depalo.
• Demographic Alternatives for Aging Industrial Countries: Increased Total Fertility Rate, Labor Force Participation, or Immigration (247kb pdf), Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0540, December 2005 by Robert Holzmann.
• Challenges and Opportunities of International Migration for the EU, Its Member States, Neighboring Countries and Regions: A Policy Note (683kb pdf). Also available in Russian (967kb pdf). Institute for Futures Studies, 2nd Stockholm Workshop on Global Mobility Regimes, 2004 by Robert Holzmann and Rainer Münz.