This book seeks to explore the development and policy implications of South-South migration, specifically with regard to the role and challenges for social policy. It examines the linkages and impact of migration on gender and care regimes, human resource flows, remittances, poverty, and political organizations by or for migrants.

KATJA HUJO is Research Co-ordinator in the Social Policy and Development Programme at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, Switzerland. At UNRISD she manages research projects on Financing Social Policy and Social Policy and Migration in Developing Countries. She has published on issues such as economic development, social protection, pension reform and migration.

NICOLA PIPER is Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at the Centre for Migration Policy Research at Swansea University, UK. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published extensively on gender and migration, migrant rights and governance of migration.

Preface; K.Hujo& N.Piper Linking Migration, Social Development and Policy in the South - An Introduction; K.Hujo& N.Piper The Implications of Migration for Gender and Care Regimes in the South; E.Kofman& P.Raghuram Human Resource Flows from and between Developing Countries: Implications for Social and Public Policies; J.Meyer Migration and Social Development: Organizational and Political Dimensions; N.Piper Remittances, Migration and Development: Policy Options and Policy Illusions; H.de Haas Migration and Poverty: Linkages, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications; A.de Haan& S.Yaqub Towards Inclusive Migration and Social Policy Regimes - Conclusion; K.Hujo& N.Piper