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This paper reviews the development of 2 managed circular migration schemes targeting Pacific labour that emerged following the UN High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development in 2006.
Authors: Richard Bedford,…
Attachment Size BEDFORD R et al 2017 - Managed temporary labour migration.pdf 1.71 MB
Households and communities in the Pacific islands are increasingly likely to have some of their most productive members regularly absent due to growing opportunities for seasonal work abroad. If these absences are costly for the family left…
Attachment Size ROHORUA et al 2009 Pacific Island households and communities coping with absent seasonal members.pdf 313.04 KB
This paper discusses best practices in temporary labour migration programs in the Asia Pacific region in each stage of the migration process – recruitment and selection, predeparture preparation, at the destination, and upon return. In addition,…
Attachment Size HUGO 2009 LM for development - Best practices in Asia and the Pacific.pdf 1.18 MB
This paper critically examines the social and cultural elements involved in seafaring and explores how a seafaring lifestyle has affected aspects of the te katei ni Kiribati, the “I-Kiribati way of life”.
Author: Maria…
Attachment Size BOROVNIK 2007 Labor circulation and changes among seafarers families.pdf 109.98 KB