Browsing 1.1 Population Dynamics & International Migration by Title
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The Arab world in the 1980s: Macro-politics and economic change
(© Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1982-04-30)The events of the early 1970's -- preceded by gradual changes which culminated in the war of 1973 and the oil price increases of October that year -- created realities that cannot be comprehended through conventional ... -
Asians in the Arab world: Labor migration and public policy
(© Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 1986)Ten years after the first oil price rises were declared in 1973 the countries of the Middle East were still struggling to understand the implications of these momentous events. Economic changes induced by events of 1973 ... -
Book Review: Manpower and employment in Arab countries: Some critical issues
(International Migration Review, 1976)Book Review. -
Demographic changes in the Middle East: New factors in regional politics
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Demography, migration, and security in the Middle East
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Demography, migration, and security in the Middle East
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Dimensions of national security: The case of Egypt
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Globalization, migration, and new challenges to governance
(© University of California Press, 2009)The movement of people across national borders—along with the cross-border flow of ideas, goods, services, and pollutants—has reached unprecedented levels in recent decades. As a result, sovereign states find themselves ... -
The hidden economy: A new view of remittances in the Arab world
(© Elsevier B.V., 1986)The hidden economy is set in place by the large-scale migration of labor in search of employment outside national boundaries. Remitted earnings, channeled largely through informal mechanisms, have generated a network of ... -
Labor transfers in the Arab world: Growing interdependence in the construction sector
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Migration and employment in the construction sector: Critical factors in Egyptian development
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979-01)The migration of construction workers is having a strong effect on the construction sector and on the economy as a whole. There are costs and benefits to this migration. And there are policy implications that must be clearly ... -
Migration and security: Some key linkages
(© Gale Academic OneFile, 2002)As migration is defined as the movement of people across national boundaries--an inter-state phenomenon--we would expect it to be addressed by students of international relations.... It is ... glaring to note the absence ... -
Migration in the Middle East: Old economics or new politics?
(© Middle East Research Group, 1988-04-30)What we have in the Middle East today is a very distinctive and peculiar phenomenon that can be understood only in the context of the realities of the past decade: almost everyone is on the move. Nowhere do we see a truly ... -
Migration in the Middle East: Transformation and change
(© American Academic Association for Peace in the Middle East, 1984)The large-scale international movement of manpower is one of the most dramatic effects of the oil price increase and related events of 1973. The issues raised by migration in the Middle East have not received the attention ... -
Migration processes among developing countries: The Middle East
(© Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978)This paper is part of a research project undertaken within the context of the Technology Adaptation Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is allowed to appear in the Migration and Development Study Group ... -
Migration to the Middle East
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The new migration in the Middle East: A problem for whom?
(© Center for Migration Studies, 1977-12-01)This paper describes the recent trends in migration throughout the Middle East, identifying the major implications of this movement, and isolating the critical policy issues for both Egypt and other Arab states. The author ... -
The new migration in the Middle East: a problem for whom?
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977)Popular views of the Middle East tend to concentrate on the cultural homogeneity of the Arab states, their conflict with Israel, and the dispute over petroleum prices. Yet in recent years a new issue has emerged that may ... -
The pervasiveness of politics: Political definitions of population issues
(© Populi, 1978)Population programmes have political dimensions-and political problems often have demographic roots. But just how do politics and population interact? -
Political implications of population dynamics: A critical assessment.
(© United Nations, 1974-06-10)While it is generally recognized that excessive population growth places severe strains upon the environment, there is also some reason to believe that population levels and rates of increase may be important elements ...
