Measuring Migration's Development Impacts: Preliminary evidence from Jamaica

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This is the second working paper from GDN and ippr's global research project, Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimising Migration's Economic and Social Impacts. It is written with two purposes in mind: to present the first set of findings from the project and to illustrate the potential of the Development on the Move survey, providing a useful resource for the researchers we are working with in other countries, and to researchers outside this project.

This is the second working paper from GDN and ippr's global research project, Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimising Migration's Economic and Social Impacts. It is written with two purposes in mind: to present the first set of findings from the project and to illustrate the potential of the Development on the Move survey, providing a useful resource for the researchers we are working with in other countries, and to researchers outside this project.

Development on the Move is a large, innovative, policy-focused research project aiming to examine the impact of migration on development. It is run jointly by the Global Development Network, based in New Delhi, India, and the London-based ippr.

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