Focuses on factors that are likely to influence outward migration flow from China and the Southeast Asian region, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia, in the next two decades. It finds that while current migration streams are likely to continue in the short run, important developments in...

Examines whether the outflow of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) has resulted in poverty reduction, particular for the migrants' families.

Examines the oftencited concern that Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their remittances cause moral hazard problems in the labour supply of their households.

Looks at the extent of and policy responses to the problem of labour shortage in the economies of Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.