Poverty, International Migration and Asylum (Studies in Development Economics and Policy)

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Poverty, International Migration and Asylum: Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
What Fundamentals Drive World Migration?....Pages 15-38
Trends in Asylum Migration to Industrialized Countries, 1990–2001....Pages 39-69
Asylum Policy in the West: Past Trends, Future Possibilities....Pages 70-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
The Impact of Asylum on Receiving Countries....Pages 99-120
Asylum Migration: Implications for Countries of Origin....Pages 121-142
Illegal Immigration, Human Trafficking and Organized Crime....Pages 143-170
Migration, Remittances and Growth....Pages 171-187
If People were Money....Pages 188-210
Efficiency Gains from the Elimination of Global Restrictions on Labour Mobility....Pages 211-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
The Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Lessons for Policy....Pages 241-250
Development Cycles, Political Regimes and International Migration: Argentina in the Twentieth Century....Pages 251-275
Economic Integration and Migration: The Mexico–United States Case....Pages 276-295
The Nature and Pattern of Irregular Migration in the Caribbean....Pages 296-316
A Tale of Two Countries: Poverty and Income Distribution Among Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Since 1984....Pages 317-340
Iraqi Asylum Migrants in Jordan: Conditions, Religious Networks and the Smuggling Process....Pages 341-370
Asylum Seekers as Pariahs in the Australian State....Pages 371-388
Controlling Asylum Migration to the Enlarged EU: The Impact of EU Accession on Asylum and Immigration Policies in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 389-412
Back Matter....Pages 413-445