Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimising Migration's Economic and Social Impacts

The final report of a four-year research project, involving field work in seven countries, shows that people who migrate from developing countries greatly increase their own income and bring many benefits to their families and communities back home. The project by the Global Development Network (GDN), an international organization headquartered in India, and the UK think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) also found that negative impacts on development such as 'brain drain' are usually counter-balanced by other positive impacts.