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This bibliography is part of a series of studies conducted by the International Labour Office under the DFID-sponsored project on 'Skilled labour migration (the 'brain drain') from developing countries: analysis of impact and policy issues'. It is presented in eight sections. The first seven sections reflect the research questions that were set by DFID for the project. The research questions are: (1) How does migration of skilled workers and students affect developing country labour markets? (2) How does migration of skilled workers and students affect developing countries' ability to integrate into global markets? (3) What role do remittances play? (4) What impact does skilled migration have on poverty in developing countries? (5) How important is the UK currently as a destination for skilled workers and students from developing countries? How important is it likely to become? (6) What should the UK government do to ensure that impacts on developing countries are taken account of in design and delivery of policies on areas that relate to skilled migration? (7) What should the UK government do to ensure that impacts on developing countries are taken account of in GATS [General Agreement in Trades and Services] negotiations over the temporary movement of natural persons? The final section contains articles of general interest.

Available reports from this project are indexed from TD/TNC 86.109 to TD/TNC 86.119. Show less

This report proposes that, to raise family living standards in the UK, the number of 'quality' part-time and flexible jobs needs to be increased. This report quantifies the impact such an increase might have. It also analyses supply versus demand, and suggests that businesses are currently under-utilising a proportion of the skilled candidate market. The report shows that: parents, older people and disabled people need to earn at least £10.63 per hour to meet basic minimum income standards - the target pay threshold for a 'quality' job; there are 1.9 million people who could benefit from a quality flexible job and have the necessary qualifications, of whom 202,300 are in poverty; demand for flexible jobs (47 per cent across all salary levels) is far in excess of supply (6.2 per cent of all quality vacancies); and an eight-fold increase in quality flexible jobs is needed for supply versus demand from workless people to match that of quality full-time jobs.

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