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The Impact of Migration on Age Structure Conducive to Human Development Across the Urban Hierarchy
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract A larger working‐age population supports economic and social development, and many developing countries are currently benefiting from this demographic window. However, internal migration—often age‐selective—can create subnational inequalities by redistributing working‐age individuals from less developed areas to cities in search of employment ...
Wenxiu Du +2 more
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Sending Our Petitions to God : Nigerian Immigrant Healthcare Worker Settlement, Gender and the Role of Religious Networks [PDF]
, 2017 This paper provides a brief overview of a study aimed at understanding the lived experiences of health care migrants from Nigeria now living in Canada and their individual perceptions regarding their migration experience. We report here on an interesting
Adekola, Sheri, Walton-Roberts, Margaret
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Digital Roots or Digital Routes? Broadband Expansion and the Rural‐Urban Migration in China
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how broadband internet affects rural–urban migration in China using the Universal Broadband and Telecommunication Services pilot program launched in 2015 as a quasi‐experimental setting. Analyzing China Household Finance Survey data (2013–2021) with difference‐in‐differences estimation, we find that improved internet ...
Shuang Ma, Ren Mu
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The Role of the Uighur Diaspora in the Struggle for Independence of Xinjiang
Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2015 The article contains analysis of the activities of the Uighur diaspora abroad and its role in struggle for independence of Xinjiang. The author comes into conclusion that the role of the Uighur organizations located and incorporated in the western ...
A S Mavlonova
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New Zealand Women Traveller Writers : from exile to diaspora [PDF]
, 2014 The focus of this article is a group of New Zealand women traveller writers of the first half of the twentieth century who left their country of origin, and in the encounter with new worlds overseas, reconstructed themselves as deterritorialised ...
Wilson, Janet M
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School Enrollment and Living Arrangements of Children in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract School enrollment has increased in many sub‐Saharan African countries over recent decades, alongside substantial socioeconomic and demographic transitions. However, gains in educational enrollment have not been equal, raising questions about the determinants of access to and variability in school enrollment. The living arrangements of children
Maria Pohl, Ewa Batyra, Albert Esteve
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The ‘Brain Drain’ Academic and Skilled Migration to the UK and its Impacts on Africa [PDF]
, 2005 In December 2004 the Association of University Teachers and the College and Lecturers Union NATFHE jointly commissioned research to review some of the literature on ‘the Brain Drain’ with a specific emphasis on developing countries in Africa and on ...
Nunn, AE, Price, S
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An internal diaspora: opportunities for island repopulation?
12th International Conference on Population Geographies, Belfast, 30th June – 3rd July 2024 Parellel Session: Rural and island mobilities, 1st July 2024 Title: An internal diaspora: opportunities for island repopulation? Presenters: Paula Duffy, Lorna Philip Co-authors : Kirsten Gow, Mags Currie and Ruth Wilson Abstract: Academic researchers ...
Duffy, Paula Margaret +4 more
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Measuring the Impact of Armed Conflict on Population Health: A Guide for Researchers
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The humanitarian impact of armed conflict remains a significant international issue, with an estimated 2 billion people residing in fragile or conflict‐affected settings. Despite increasing attention and study of armed conflict and its impact on human populations, few studies have evaluated the methods necessary to assess such relationships ...
Maya Luetke +2 more
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Remittance flows to post-conflict states: perspectives on human security and development [PDF]
, 2013 This repository item contains a single issue of the Pardee Center Task Force Reports, a publication series that began publishing in 2009 by the Boston University Frederick S.
Feeley, Frank +13 more
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