A major feature of the current 'mass migration'process is its strong linkages to countries of
origin. Migrants belong to spatially extended families and play a crucial role in shaping …

This working paper documents Albanian migration and its contribution to development
through a review of the existing literature. The account is by no means exhaustive …

There is considerable debate regarding the relative contribution of international migrants'
remittances to sustainable economic development. While officially recorded remittances to …

In the past few years there has been a remarkable renaissance of interest in remittances.
This interest has undoubtedly been triggered by a striking increase in the levels of …

International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has
enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination …

Page 1 EE International Migration and Economic Development Lessons from Low-Income
Countries K K EGDI EXPERT GROUP ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Robert EB Lucas Page …

This paper analyses the impact of large and persistent emigration from Eastern European
countries over the past 25 years on these countries' growth and income convergence to …

Migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is relatively large by international standards,
driven both by political factors (the 1990 collapse of the Soviet system, ensuing emergence …

From its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s, interest in the topic of gender and migration
has grown. Gender and Migration seeks to introduce the most relevant sociological theories …

Recent studies indicate that the effect of migrants' remittances on the economic growth of
receiving countries depends negatively on the level of development of the domestic financial …