Expert Group Meeting on International Migration and Development in
 the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities

Beirut, Lebanon, 15-17 May 2006

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INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

DOCUMENTS

• Organization of Work
• Objectives of the meeting
• List of participants

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• Migration, Remittances and Development: The Critical Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/01) - Richard H. Adams, Jr.
• Arab versus Asian migrant workers in the GCC countries
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/02) - Andrzej Kapiszewski
• Restrictive labour immigration policies in the oil-rich gulf: effectiveness and implications for sending Asian countries
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/03) - Nasra M. Shah
• The impact of international migration on the economic development of countries in the Mediterranean Basin
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/04) - Andrea Gallina
• Evaluation of labour immigration policies in the GCC: lessons for the future
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/05) - Maitha Shamsi
• Remittances and socio-economic development in the Arab Maghreb countries: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/06) - Mohamad Khachani
• Remittances of labour migrants in the Arab region: characteristics and impact
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/07) - Mohamad Lamine Fares
• Governing labour migration policies in the GCC countries: risks and opportunities
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/08) - Mohamad Dito
• International migration in the Arab region: trends and policies
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/09) - Philippe Fargues
• Brain drain in Middle East and North Africa - the patterns under the surface
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/10) - Çaglar Özden
• Immigrants from Arab countries to the OECD: from the past to the future
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/11) - Jean-Christophe Dumont
• Demographic transition, employment and labour migration in the Arab region
  (UN/POP/EGM/200612) - Heba Nassar
• The role of transnational communities in fostering development in countries of origin
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/13) - Boutros Labaki
• International migration in the Arab region
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/14) - DESA/Population Division