Impacts of Migration on Places of Origin and Destination

What this note covers

1. Understanding Migration at Multiple Scales
2. Impacts on Places of Origin: Brain Drain, Demographic Imbalance, and Dependency
3. Impacts on Places of Origin: Remittances as a Development Tool
4. Impacts on Places of Destination: Labour Supply, Economic Growth, and Skills Filling
5. Impacts on Places of Destination: Pressure on Services, Housing, and Urban Infrastructure
6. Cultural Change and Urban Social Geography in Destination Places
7. Global and Regional Scale Impacts: Geopolitics, Inequality, and Population Redistribution

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