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Reaping the Benefits? Social security coordination for mobile EU citizens
EU social security coordination is poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and publicly distrusted—eroding support for both free movement and the welfare state.
What We Know About Migration and Development
The migration-development link is well evidenced but weakly governed, and most countries still treat emigration as a drain rather than a potential development asset.
Immigrant Workers and the Workforce Development System in the United Kingdom
England's employer-led skills system helps some immigrants incidentally, but complexity and austerity-driven cuts leave those most in need least likely to participate.
Maximizing Potential: How Countries Can Address Skills Deficits within the Immigrant Workforce
More than ever, human capital is seen as the ultimate resource. As a result, policymakers face the challenge of ensuring that workers have the skills and abilities to find productive employment and contribute to growth, innovation, and competitiveness in constantly evolving labor markets. Migrants’ skills are often seen as an untapped resource that, with the right formula of policies, can bolster competitiveness and fuel productivity.
Labor Migration in the United Arab Emirates: Challenges and Responses
The UAE's 7.8 million migrants as of 2013 comprised the vast majority of its population, yet domestic workers remain exposed to various abuses.
What We Know: Regulating the Recruitment of Migrant Workers
Recruitment fee abuse and cross-border loopholes expose migrant workers to exploitation. Effective regulation of recruitment requires more than a one-size-fits-all fix.
Attracting and Selecting from the Global Talent Pool — Policy Challenges
Winning skilled immigrants demands coherent strategy across visa design, infrastructure, integration, and credential recognition—no single policy can substitute for the others.
What Do We Know About Skilled Migration and Development?
Brain drain restrictions harm migrants and origin countries without documented benefits; bilateral skill-flow partnerships offer a better path.
Demography and Migration: An Outlook for the 21st Century
Global demographic divergence makes migration an essential but limited tool: policy must also address job creation in youthful nations and labor force inclusion in aging ones.
What We Know About Diasporas and Economic Development
Diaspora contributions to trade, investment, and skills transfer are real but hard to measure, and most governments lack the policies to leverage them systematically.