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migrants abroad through migrant welfare funds.  It shows that a welfare fund operated from the origin country and financed by migrants or their employers can offer a potential efficient solution to protecting migrants from vulnerable situations abroad.  Protecting migrant workers through welfare funds also comes with some challenges: finding the right balance of services, creating meaningful partnerships, building accountability with its members, and involving destination countries.  </p> </div> <div id="rmore2"> <div class="rmore"><a href="/web/20090206211147/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/should-we-develop-welfare-funds-for-other-migrant-origin-countries" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">READ MORE >></a></div> </div> <div id="linx"> <div id="linksbox"> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20090206211147/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/blogs/neil" title="Read Neil's latest blog 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undertaking a comprehensive study of migration and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa and destination countries outside Africa. The World Bank Household Survey of Migrants is part of this effort, and will be conducted in 10 countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Ivory Coast, and Uganda). </p> <p>Findings from these surveys will provide a better understanding of the characteristics of migrants in sending and receiving countries and thereby help inform national policy-makers about trends in migration and remittances, determinants and consequences, and development impacts.</p> <p>The World Bank is inviting firms to submit expressions of interest to undertake a household survey focusing on internal and international migration in at least one of the above 10 Sub-Saharan countries.  <strong>The deadline for expressions of interest is November 7, 2008</strong>, and the high quality work should be completed by June 2009. </p> </div> <div id="rmore2"> <div class="rmore"><a 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Now in the thick of a financial crisis marked by excessive borrowing and lending, one might argue against the Charvak Doctrine. It's true that debt, like fire, can be dangerous ("Don't borrow, because you will get into debt"), but if managed prudently, it can also fuel new projects, new products, and growth and employment in many poor countries.</p> </div> <div id="rmore2"> <div class="rmore"><a href="/web/20090206211147/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/content/innovative-financing-through-migration-and-remittances" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">READ MORE >></a></div> </div> <div id="linx"> <div id="linksbox"> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="first blog_usernames_blog"><a href="/web/20090206211147/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/blogs/dilip" title="Read Dilip's latest blog entries." class="blog_usernames_blog">Dilip's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/web/20090206211147/http://peoplemove.worldbank.org/en/comment/reply/104#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page." class="comment_add">Add new comment</a></li> <li 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