This chapter reviews some of the principal contributions addressing three spheres related to migration: theory, empirical evidence and policy experience, focusing on the more recent literature. The chapter discusses the causes of migration-earnings opportunities and job search, information and...

Factors shaping international migration, over the last half century, from and into the countries and territories of sub-Saharan and North Africa, as well as the economic and some social implications of those movements, are examined. Existing analyses of these issues are critically reviewed,...

We use a nationally representative survey to investigate the incidence of discrimination against internal migrant workers in urban China, considering both migrants from rural areas (rural migrants) and those from other urban areas (urban migrants). We find that both rural and urban migrants are...

Decision-makers increasingly look to use non-aid instruments, as well as aid, to achieve the goals of foreign aid policy. These non-aid policies include trade, investment, security and migration policy. Based on an analytical framework emphasizing the direction of causality and the degree of...