Poverty, International Migration and Asylum / Studies in Development Economics and Policy (PDF)

KRÆN BLUME Researcher, Institute for Local Government Studies, AKF, Copenhagen, Denmark
STEPHEN CASTLES Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies and Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK
GÉRALDINE CHATELARD Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute in Florence, Italy
RICCARDO FAINI Professor of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and Co-Director of the International Trade Programme at CEPR, UK
DAVID FISHER International Lawyer
MATTHEW J. GIBNEY University Lecturer in Forced Migration and Official Fellow, University of Oxford, UK
BJÖRN GUSTAFSSON Professor in the Department of Social Work, Göteborg University, Sweden
RANDALL HANSEN Professorial Chair in Politics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
TIMOTHY J. HATTON Professor and Head of Economics, Australian National University, Australia, Professor of Economics at the University of Essex, UK and Research Fellow at the CEPR, UK and IZA, Germany
ANA MARÍA IREGUI Research Economist, Banco de la Republica, Colombia
KHALID KOSER Lecturer in Human Geography and Member of the Migration Research Unit, University College London, UK
BJØRN LETNES PhD Student of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
SEAN LOUGHNA Research Officer, Refugee Studies Centre and is Co-Director of Forced Migration Online, UK
PHILIP MARTIN Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Chair
of the Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, University of California-Davis, USA
SUSAN MARTIN Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, USA
JOHNATHON W. MOSES Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
PEDER J. PEDERSEN Professor of Economics, University of Aarhus and Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark
CATHERINE PHUONG Lecturer in Law, Newcastle Law School,

'The development of effective and just policies on poverty, international migration and asylum is already one of the biggest challenges for policymakers in the twenty-first century. In such rapidly moving fields, this book is a useful and accessible resource for all those attempting to address these complex issues. It will be invaluable to students and researchers internationally and throughout the social sciences, as well as to national, regional and global policymakers.' - Ann Singleton, Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK

'The central challenge of the poverty, migration and asylum nexus is to ensure adequate protection for asylum seekers and refugees while managing migration in line with national priorities in sending and receiving countries. Presenting global aspects, consequences and case studies illustrating this nexus, this book provides an excellent interdisciplinary overview of one of the most compelling issues of our times.' - Dr Thomas Lothar Weiss, Editor-in-Chief of the World Migration Report, International Organization for Migration

'[This book] has few parallels in the breadth and depth of its treatment of contemporary issues in migration. It will satisfy those who thirst for analytical rigour and factual evidence in making up their minds about the complex causes and consequences of migration.' - Manolo I. Abella, Director, International Migration Programme, International Labour Office, Geneva

'The development of effective and just policies on poverty, international migration and asylum is already one of the biggest challenges for policymakers in the twenty-first century. In such rapidly moving fields, this book is a useful and accessible resource for all those attempting to address these complex issues. It will be invaluable to students and researchers internationally and throughout the social sciences, as well as to national, regional and global