Comparing the experience of five major emigration countries

Working paper

This paper summarises and compares the findings of studies of five major emigration countries – India, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines and Turkey. It discusses the extent to which the five countries share significant common characteristics, so that a comparative analysis may provide useful insights into migratory processes. The paper takes up the debate on migration and development that has become so prominent in international policy circles. An attempt is made to examine the extent to which...

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Authors: Castles, S

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: International Migration Institute Publisher's website
• Series: IMI Working Papers
• Place of publication: http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/publications/working_papers
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• Language: English
• Keywords: remittances; diasporas; migration; development; social transformation; return
• Subjects: Migration