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Mar 11, 2010

Rural Ghanaian women supported to rebuild poultry industry and improve livelihoods

The JMDI’s Sankofa Family Poultry project, which was recently launched in Ghana, is enabling female Ghanaian diaspora members in the Netherlands to transfer their knowledge on basic agricultural techniques and health measures to women in Ghana’s Northern Region. The aim is to re-establish smallholder poultry breeding in the north as a means of improving the livelihoods, income and health of beneficiaries and their families.

Mar 08, 2010

Help for children of deported migrants in Jamaica

Twenty children of incarcerated or deported Jamaican migrants will shortly be selected to receive financial aid and other benefits under a joint initiative between the European Union and the United Nations.

Feb 24, 2010

Launch of New Guidance on Remittances in the UK

Workers sending cash to friends and family overseas are being urged by the UK government to keep their money safe by using formal channels like banks, transfer companies and foreign exchange agencies.

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Co-Development in post disaster reconstruction

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e-Consultation: 2nd theme: Remittance Flows and their contribution to rural development

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Cooperating with Diaspora Communities - GTZ Guidelines for Practice

Diaspora communities are engaged in their countries of origin in a number of ways and contribute to development there. In international ...

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Technical Assistant for the Intra-ACP Facility for Migration project

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Consolidated Reply: Moldova/ Remittances – Investment in Rural Economic Development

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Capacities

Migrant capacities represent one of the most valuable resources available for the growth, development and poverty alleviation of countries of origin.

 

Communities

Migrant communities are the binding element of the migration and development nexus. In a broad sense, migrant communities include diasporas, men and women migrants, including also asylum seekers ...

 

Remittances

Migrant remittances are recognized to be a very significant channel through which diasporas currently contribute to local development and poverty alleviation in their countries of origin. Net ...

 

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Respect for migrant rights underpins and reinforces the positive linkages that can be made between migration and development. Protection of migrant rights, both in countries of origin (prior ...

 

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The European Commission-United Nations Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) reflects the acceptance of and growing interest in the strong links between migration and development. The ...