It is estimated that some 180 million people, or three percent of the world’s population, are living in countries other than countries of birth. Such movement of people across intenational broders has enormous economic, social and cultural implications for both origin and destination countries. Yet, until recently, the impact of migration on sending and receiving countries was highly under-researched, mainly due to scarcity of data and political sensitivities. The International Migration and Development Program was launched in order to expand knowledge on the effects of migration on source and destination countries and identify the migration policies, regulations and institutional reforms that will lead to superior development outcomes. CONFERENCE | 
| September 10-11, 2009 - Top academics and researchers in the migration field presented their findings on migration, remittances and development at the Second Conference on International Migration and Development.
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| IN FOCUS | Remittance Stability, Cyclicality and Stabilizing Impact in Developing Countries - October 2009
by Ileana C. Neagu and Maurice Schiff
Examines stability, cyclical nature, and stabilizing impact of remittances in comparison with the same three features for other foreign-exchange inflows, namely foreign direct investment and official development aid.
Working Paper 5077 | The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Trade in Services as an Alternative to Migration?
September 2009
by Bernard Hoekman and Caglar Ozden
Furthering services trade dimensions in the European Union's trade agreements offer significant potential gains.
Working Paper 5049 | Diasporas
July 2009
by Michel Beine, Frederic Docquier, Caglar Ozden
An analysis of how existing diasporas (the stock of people born in a country and living in another one) affect the size and human-capital structure of current migration flows.
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