Migration not infrequently gets a bad press. Negative stereotypes portraying migrants as ‘stealing our jobs’ or ‘scrounging off the taxpayer’ abound in sections of the media and public opinion, especially in times of recession. For others, the word ‘migrant’ may evoke images of people at their most vulnerable. This year’s Human Development Report, Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development, challenges such stereotypes. It seeks to broaden and rebalance perceptions of migration to reflect a more complex and highly variable reality.
This report breaks new ground in applying a human development approach to the study of
migration. It discusses who migrants are, where they come from and go to, and why they move. It looks at the multiple impacts of migration for all who are affected by it—not just those who move, but also those who stay.
#HumanDevelopment #HumanMobility #HumanMovement
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Keywords:
MIGRATION, HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, MIGRATION BALANCE, MIGRATION STATISTICS, MIGRATION POLICY, FREEDOM, DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, BASIC NEEDS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, HUMAN SECURITY, SOCIAL WELFARE
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UNDP
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Social and Institutional Developoment
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