Assuring development gains and poverty reduction from trade : the labour mobility and skills trade dimension / Lakshmi Puri.

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At head of title: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of the impact on trade, development and poverty reduction brought about by global labor movement and integration. It addresses how temporary labor mobility can be better managed to contribute to improving people's livelihood and welfare prospects while at the same time moving closer to the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, in particular the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.--Publisher's description.

United Nations publication. Sales numbers E.08. II. D.9.

Includes bibliographical references.

I. Introduction -- A. Push-pull factors -- B. Barriers to Labour Mobility -- C. Labour Integration: Definition and Dilemmas -- II. State of Play -- III. Socio-Economic Benefits and Costs of Labour Integration -- A. Benefits and Costs: Sending -- Country -- B. Benefits and Costs: Receiving -- IV. Regulating the Movement of Workers to achieve a globally acceptable solution: Trade possibilities that would allow for different levels of Labour Integration -- A. Multilateral framework: Mode -- of the GATS -- B. Bilateral Labour Agreements/ -- Preferential Trading Arrangements -- V. Summary and policy recommendations.