Climate change and migration in developing countries : evidence and implications for PRISE countries Policy paper

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2015-10

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Pathways to resilience in semi-arid economies (PRISE) and Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

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This paper informs the development community about the effects of climate change on migration patterns within and out of developing countries. It concentrates on the economic aspects of migration and on information that is relevant for the six semi-arid countries that are the focus of the PRISE (Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies) project: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan and Tajikistan. The insights are drawn from a broader review of the evidence by Waldinger (2015).

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This work was carried out under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) with financial support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development and the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. This work was also carried out with financial support from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), through a project on the Economics of Adaptation and Climate-Resilient Development.

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CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION PATTERNS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF MIGRATION, BURKINA FASO, SENEGAL, KENYA, TANZANIA, PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE IN SEMI-ARID ECONOMIES (PRISE), INTERNAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, VULNERABILITY, PLANNED MIGRATION VS DISTRESS MIGRATION, COLLABORATIVE ADAPTATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE IN AFRICA AND ASIA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57570

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CARIAA) / Résultats de recherches (IRCAAA)