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Agricultural machinery service provision business: A business model for return migrant workers by Prajapati, Ashta

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Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia by ElDidi, Hagar, van Biljon, Chloe, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun N., Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Kilby, Patrick, Wu, Joyce, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin

“…Millions of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers from South-Asia to West-Asia experience exploitative and unsafe conditions. …”
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Barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption among migrant workers in Bangkok: a mixed-methods study by Suvanbenjakule, P., Schreinemachers, P., Von Goh, E.

“…Conclusions Fruit and vegetable intake is low among migrant workers in Bangkok, putting them at risk of non-communicable disease. …”
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How should we enhance the pre-departure and post-migration training program for Thai overseas migrant workers? by Naruchaikusol, S.

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Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor by ElDidi, Hagar, van Biljon, Chloé, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun, Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Kilby, Patrick, Wu, Joyce, ul Arefin Choudhury, Zahid

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Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor by ElDidi, Hagar, van Biljon, Chloe, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun, Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Kilby, Patrick, Wu, Joyce, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin

“…We examine this migration route for low-skilled female migrant workers highlighting the impacts of interventions along the migration pathway to determine the effectiveness of alternative mechanisms for reducing forced labour and trafficking. …”
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HIV and mobility in the Lake Victoria Basin agricultural sector: A literature review by Drimie, Scott, Weinand, Julia, Gillespie, Stuart, Wagah, Margaret

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Social networks, collective organizing, and freedom of association: A qualitative participatory action research study with women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon by Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Adra, May

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Forced migration: Fragility, resilience, and policy responses by Hernandez, Manuel A., Ecker, Olivier, Läderach, Peter, Maystadt, Jean-François

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When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam by Simelton, Elisabeth, Tuan, M.D., Houzer, E.

“…Surveys of 228 households with at least one migrant worker showed a new generation of young male and female migrants, and that men over 30 years of age migrated for longer periods and more frequently than their spouses. …”
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Why rural households choose not to participate in the open and optional village development fund in the poverty stricken areas of China by Zheng, Xian

“…Cognitive level of the formal financial markets affects borrowing behaviors from all the lending sources; householder’s age and education level, household size, households’ wealth, households with craftsman/migrant worker/cadre, the amount of money can be borrowed from the private lenders and County dummy affect borrowing behaviors from specific lending sources significantly. …”

Stakeholder perspectives on COVID-19 and household water access in vulnerable communities in the Mekong Region by Lebel, L., Aung, N., Long, C. T. M., Siharath, P., Lebel, P., Navy, H., Hoanh, Chu Thai, Lebel, B.

“…First, difficulties in accessing sufficient clean water for drinking and hygiene persist in certain vulnerable communities, including informal urban settlements, remote minority villages, and migrant worker camps. Second, limited rights, high prices, and remote locations were common obstacles to household access to improved water sources. …”
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Beyond Kafala: Employer roles in growing vulnerabilities of women migrant domestic workers by Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Cherri, Zeinab, Adra, May, Hassan, Fahed

“…Women migrant domestic workers (WMDWs) constitute 7.7 percent of migrant workers worldwide, of whom more than a quarter live and work in the Arab region. …”
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The social and economic effects of remigration to rural areas in Vietnam by Ho, Thi Ngan

“…In Vietnam, however, return migration has not been much researched, especially not research on internal remigration of the poor voluntary migrant workers who migrated from rural areas to the urban areas or the cities. …”
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The impacts of COVID-19 on migrants, remittances, and poverty in China: A microsimulation analysis by Zhang, Yumei, Zhan, Yue, Diao, Xinshen, Chen, Kevin Z., Robinson, Sherman

“…Chinese migrant workers are very exposed to the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Beyond initial impacts: The evolving COVID-19 context and food system resilience by McDermott, John, Lee, Deborah, McNamara, Brian, Swinnen, Johan

“…Poor, marginalized, and vulnerable groups have been disproportionately affected, with informal and migrant workers, refugees and displaced persons, and women and children particularly vulnerable and adversely impacted.…”
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Experiencing vulnerability in southern Africa: The interaction of multiple stressors by Casale, Marisa, Drimie, Scott, Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Msoma, Paul, Quinlan, Tim, Ziervogel, Gina

“…It is known that increasing poverty, AIDS, and food insecurity are some of the threats that make households more “vulnerable” to different shocks and stressors But what does vulnerability really mean for a household in peri-urban South African townships, a family in Chikamba, a rural village in Malawi, or migrant workers in Durban? And how can it be used effectively in development work? …”
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Reducing vulnerability and precarity of low-skilled women in short-term migration from the global south: Key recommendations for the G-20 by Wu, Joyce, Kilby, Patrick, Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin, Ratna, Nazmun, ElDidi, Hagar, Ringler, Claudia

“…Women migrant workers make significant contributions to the global economy, but face risks of being subject to forced labour and trafficking, heightened by COVID-19. …”
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Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy by Rozelle, Scott, Rahimi, Heather, Wang, Huan, Dill, Eve

“…These quarantine measures started during the annual Spring Festival in mid-January, when most rural residents had returned to their family homes to celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Many were migrant workers who had expected to return to China’s urban and industrial centers to continue working in factories, construction sites, and service sectors.…”
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responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal by Srivastava, Nandita, Nepal, Binisha, Gauchan, Biswash, Kennedy, Adam

“…Despite these measures, capacity constraints in the health sector, political instability, and the return of a large pool of migrant workers to Nepal all contributed to increased spread of the disease and heightened vulnerability among the food insecure and those whose livelihoods were harmed by the lockdowns. …”
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