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Updated: May 14, 2009
Backgrounder
China's rapid economic development has been fueled in large part by a massive migration of rural workers to cities and industrial zones. Young, poorly educated, and highly mobile, these workers continue to face discrimination due to their rural origins and transitory status.
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March 16, 2009
Daily Analysis
Migrants suffer as countries around the world adopt protectionist measures to respond to the global downturn. This could trigger economic and social instability in poorer countries, while adversely affecting rich economies in the long-term.
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November 6, 2007
Interview
Shannon O’Neil, CFR’s Mexico expert, says Washington’s $1.4 billion multiyear plan to bolster Mexico’s crackdown on drug and criminal rings, while drawing criticism, is likely to win congressional approval.
See more in Mexico, United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Border and Ports, Immigration, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress, Foreign Aid
November 6, 2007
Transcript
The roundtable series on Global Islamic Politics facilitates discussion and debate on key issues that will shape the direction of politics in the Muslim world in the coming years and their ensuing impact on U.S. foreign policy. Olivier Roy discusses the future of radical Islam in Europe.
See more in Europe/Russia, Middle East, Society and Culture, Immigration, Religion, Terrorism
July 17, 2007
Podcast
Dalton Conley, professor of sociology at New York University, discusses sub-Saharan Africa’s high fertility rates and their implications for the continent's economic growth.
See more in Sub-Saharan Africa, Population
May 15, 2007
Must Read
As part of the China project, Washington Post takes a detailed look at social and economic factors reshaping China's traditional families.
See more in China, Economic Development, Society and Culture, Population
March 2007
Must Read
This report from Amnesty International describes the plight of the estimated 150-200 million rural-to-urban migrants who have moved to China’s cities in search of work and better lives in what has been called "the world’s largest ever peacetime migration", documenting how they are treated as second class citizens within their own country.
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October 26, 2006
Must Read
The International Crisis Group (ICG) issues a report tracing the exodus of North Koreans from their country.
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September 2006
Must Read
The Migration Policy Institute reports on Iran's immigration and emigration trends.
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May 3, 2006
Audio
Listen to experts analyze human trafficking in relation to human rights, immigration, and labor rights.
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
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