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082			_a362.5095 _bIOM
100			_aInternational Organization for Migration[IOM] _942925
245			_aMigration, development and poverty reduction in Asia _hBook
260			_aDelhi _bAcademic Foundation _c2008
300			_a267p.
500			_aAcknowledgements 7 Foreword 9 Introduction 11 Maximizing the Benefits of Internal Migration for Development 21 Executive Summary 23 Main Patterns of Internal Migration in Asia 24 Poverty and Internal Migration 36 Policy and Programmatic Approaches and Good Practice 43 Research Needs and Means of Information Sharing 51 Conclusions 52 Country Papers Internal Migration in China: Linking it to Development 65 Introduction 67 Migration: its causes, trends and patterns 67 Migration, poverty and development 70 Improving policies 72 Intervention in support of migrants: good practices 75 Key issues 77 Challenges and policy considerations 80 Bangladesh: Internal Migration and Pro-Poor Policy 85 Introduction ' 87 Poverty-migration nexus 88 Development policies and internal migration 92 Mainstreaming internal migrants in the process of development 93 Policy tools to optimize benefits from migration % Future trends, policy challenges and key research issues 98 India: Internal Migration Links with Poverty and Development 109 Introduction 111 Migration trends and patterns 112 Profile of migrant workers 114 Migration, poverty and development interlinkages 115 Government legislation and policies 119 Intervention in support of migrants: role of non-governmental organizations 120 Policy issues and recommendations 122 Pakistan: Internal Migration and Poverty Reduction 127 Migration and poverty: setting the context for Pakistan 129 Poverty and migration: literature review 129 Data sources /definition of migration 130 Migration at a glance 131 Institutional insights 139 Current policy environment 142 Conclusions 143 Viet Nam: Internal Migration: Opportunities and Challenges for Development 149 The trend and characteristics of internal migration in Viet Nam 151 Emerging issues of internal migration 155 Policy recommendations 161 Thematic Documentation Internal Migration and Gender in Asia 171 Definition of a gender-specific approach in internal migration 173 Why is the gender-specific approach essential to internal migration and development? 174 Existing data and indicators 175 Approaches and policies 176 Gaps 178 Questions - 179 Internal migration of women and development in Sri Lanka 181 Introduction 183 Gender dimension 183 Sources of data and methodology 184 Internal migration of females 184 Women in development 190 Conclusion 191 Internal Migration, Health and Social Protection 195 Background 197 Environment of.vulnerability and migrant health concerns 197 Migrant employment, living conditions and health risks 198 Migrant vulnerability and risk 198 Abuse and exploitation of women 199 Psychosocial needs and mental health 199 Responses and programme gaps 199 Programme examples 200 Gaps in migrant health programmes 200 Effects of stigma and discrimination on migrant health programmes 201 Investing in migrant health 201 Case study: HIV/AIDS in South and North-East Asia 205 Background 207 Health and migration 207 Country overviews 209 Major findings of the seven-country study 212 Overriding principles that need to be adhered to in policy/programme development213 Health and social protection/China case study 213 Overall conclusions 220 Helping Migration to Improve Livelihoods in China: Vocational Training, Development of Small Businesses and Agribusiness and Support for those Left Behind 223 Education and training for rural people and rural labour migrants 226 County seat and small city expansion 229 Diversified agricultural production and agro-industries 232 Help for the left-behinds (the elderly) 235 Conclusion 237 Conference Report and Synthesis of Discussions 243 A review of the main key note and country presentations 243 Synthesis of the Workshops 250 Conference general recommendations 261
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