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International migration and development in East Asia and the Pacific /

The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region has an international emigrant population of more than 21 million people who remitted US112 billion to their home countries in 2013. The region also hosts more than 7 million migrant workers, mostly from other Asian countries. These migrant workers account for 2...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ahsan, Ahmad
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Overview
  • Migration and its impacts
  • Labor migration and economic growth in East and South-East Asia / by Terrie Walmsley, Angel Aguiar and S. Amer Ahmed
  • Remittances, household investment and poverty in Indonesia / by Richard H. Adams, Jr. and Alfredo Cuecuecha
  • More or less consumption? : the effect of remittances on Filipino hsehold spending behavior / by Emily C.A. Cabegin and Michael Alba
  • Impacts of international migration and remittances on child outcomes and labor supply in Indonesia: how does gender matter? / by Trang Nguyen and Ririn Purnamasari
  • The effects of immigration on the Thai wage structure / by Dilaka Lathapipat
  • The impact of foreign labor on labor productivity and wages in Malaysian manufacturing, 2000-2006 / by Tham Siew Yean and Liew Chei Siang
  • Managing migration
  • Indonesia's regulatory, institutional and governance structure for international labor migration / by Ari Kuncoro, Arie Damayanti and Ifa Isfandiarni
  • The Philippine labor migration industry for health and educational services : regulatory and governance structures / by Tereso S. Tullao, Jr., Mitzie I.P. Conchada and John P.R. Rivera
  • Vietnam's regulatory, institutional and governance structure for international labor migration / by Nguyen Huyen Le and Daniel Mont
  • Singapore's system for managing foreign manpower / by Yap Mui Teng
  • The management of foreign workers in Malaysia : institutions and governance regime / By Azizah Kassim, Terence Too and Mahani Zainal Abidin
  • A cost-benefit analysis of the legal status of migrant workers in Thailand / by Charamporn Holumyong and Sureeporn Punpuing.