Human development report 2009 : overcoming barriers : human mobility and development
Migration, both behind and beyond borders, has become a prominent issue in domestic and international debates. This report explores how the movement of people can expand human capabilities and entitlements. It also looks at how to address the underlying inequalities and distortions which limit the potential gains
eBook, English, 2009
United Nations Development Programme ; Palgrave Macmillan, New York, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 2009
Human development report
Publication internationale
xiii, 217 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color charts ; 28 cm
9780230239043, 0230239048
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How and why people move
Barriers to movement
The case for mobility
Our proposal
The way forward
Freedom and movement : how mobility can foster human development
Mobility matters
Choice and context : understanding why people move
Development, freedom and human mobility
What we bring to the table
People in motion : who moves where, when and why
Human movement today
Looking back
Policies and movement
Looking ahead : the crisis and beyond
How movers fare
Incomes and livelihoods
Health
Education
Empowerment, civic rights and participation
Understanding outcomes from negative drivers
Overall impacts
Impacts at origin and destination
Impacts at places of origin
Destination place effects
Policies to enhance human development outcomes
The core package
The political feasibility of reform
Conclusions
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