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Article: Female Migration Increases and Spurs Development, Shows World Bank Research.
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- November 26, 2007
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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 November 2007-The World Bank Group: Female Migration Increases and Spurs Development, Shows World Bank Research(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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WASHINGTON -- Women make up almost half the migrant population in the world and their numbers are increasing, according to a new World Bank report released today.
"The fact that women now account for almost half the total migrant population is having enormous effects on development," says Andrew Morrison, lead economist at the World Bank's Gender Group. "Women are sending lots of money to their families back home, and evidence from rural Mexico shows that their migration ...