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Is Your Doctor from India and His Nurse Filipino?

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Manasi Sharma
Countries: Vietnam, United States, Mexico, India
A new demographic survey on foreign workers in the US shows that the largest number of foreign-borne doctors are from India and nurses are from the Philippines. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/interplast/1535149053/">Sara Anderson (flickr)</a
A new demographic survey on foreign workers in the US shows that the largest number of foreign-borne doctors are from India and nurses are from the Philippines. Photo: Sara Anderson (flickr)

There are an estimated 17,553,000 foreign workers in the United States.

Not surprisingly, the largest percentage are Mexicans. But what you might not know is that most foreign-born doctors are from the Indian sub-continent and nurses are from the Philippines. Or that almost 13 percent of workers born in Vietnam are employed in the beauty industry, while most Middle Easterners are in sales-related occupations.

Check out these and other immigration-occupation stats in this New York Times' interactive graphic.

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World on the Move

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Sara Mitchell
Topics: Migration
Countries: Cape Verde

Cape Verde, Africa is feeling the affects of migration, says The New York Times. With roughly half of its population gone, family relations have become strained, families separated, and skilled workers lost. Its hard to complain, especially when migrant's remittances make up 12 percent of the nation's GDP.

Even as Cape Verdeans struggle to get out, others are migrating in. This, too, is characteristic of the age of migration — most “sending” countries are also “receiving” countries, underscoring how universal the phenomenon is. Nearly half the migrants from poor nations move to other poor nations.“Migration is probably more important to more people than it has ever been,” said Dr. Carling of the International Peace Research Institute, a nonprofit group in Oslo. “But what characterizes the world today is also the feeling of involuntary immobility.”

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Cosmopolitan Masala - Enriching Diversity

Posted on December 19, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Culture and Society
Technological innovation and economic advances today require work done by groups of people who share different viewpoints, working together to create new ideas.
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Keywords: immigration, culture, diversity, technology

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The Next U.S. President and Trade

Posted on December 18, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
U.S. presidential candidates are highlighting the importance of how to approach trade, outsourcing and immigration in the face of globalization.
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Keywords: trade, immigration, U.S. elections, presidency, outsourcing

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Risking Everything for Europe

Posted on August 30, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Global Economy
Industrial fishing off the African coast ruins livelihoods and sends fishermen on a perilous journey across desert and sea.
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Keywords: Africa, fishing, immigration, emigration, Europe, human trafficking, boats

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Rethinking the Revolving Door for Immigration

Posted on June 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Global Economy
In order to make temporary worker legislation effective, lawmakers must realize that most migrant workers are here for the short term.
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Keywords: immigration, temporary workers, migrant workers, Brookings Institution

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Labor's Comparative Disadvantage

Posted on April 27, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
The 200-year-old theory of comparative advantage may need some updating in the face of globalization.
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Keywords: immigration, comparative advantage, economic theory, labor, trade

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Why Globalization is in Trouble - Part I

Posted on September 25, 2006
Previously filed under: Asia, General Globalization
Job loss and worry about identity make the West reconsider the value of trade and immigration.
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Keywords: globalization, outsourcing, immigration, US-China relations, US-India relations

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Elementary School Lesson Plans: Migration

Posted on September 15, 2006
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Grades 3-5
These resources are appropriate for grade levels 3rd, 4th and 5th.
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Middle School Lesson Plans: Migration

Posted on September 15, 2006
Previously filed under: Asia, Grades 6-8
These resources are appropriate for grade levels 6th, 7th and 8th.
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High School Lesson Plans: Migration

Posted on September 15, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Grades 9-12
These resources are appropriate for grade levels 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th.
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Primary School Lesson Plans: Migration

Posted on September 15, 2006
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Grades K-2
These resources are appropriate for grade levels Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd.
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Mexico's Economic Progress Can Ease Migration Woes

Posted on June 12, 2006
Countries: Mexico
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
Despite clear growth, Mexico's economy remains unable to provide an adequate supply of jobs to satisfy demand, therefore increasing migration to the United States.
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The Globalization of Philanthropy

Posted on October 14, 2005
Previously filed under: Success Stories
In just the last four years, recognition of the significance of transnational philanthropy has burgeoned.
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Keywords: social entrepreneurship, immigration

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Time for Next Stage of Sustainable Business

Reuters - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 13:12
Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an investor group argues in a new report.

Rush for Patents May Hinder Transfer of New Climate-related Technologies

Policy Innovations - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 14:35
Mitigating overly rigorous intellectual property rights lies at the core of any meaningful international mechanism for facilitating sustainable technology transfer to developing countries.

Egypt to Secure $430 Million Loan for Wind Farm

Reuters - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 05:39
Egypt is set to secure a $430 million loan from Japan to fund a 220-megawatt wind farm as it tries to boost its renewable energy output.

Western U.S., Canada Go Own Way On Carbon Trading

Reuters - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 16:18
As U.S. prospects for a national climate change bill fade, five U.S. states and Canadian provinces are on track to start a cap-and-trade market for carbon dioxide in 2012, say officials who see fading federal momentum boosting regional efforts.

US Remittances Keep Haiti Afloat

IRIN News - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 07:44
Haiti's economy depends on the estimated $1.5 billion a year in remittances sent home by its million-strong diaspora. Dilip Ratha, lead economist at the World Bank said the figure could be even higher, accounting for perhaps half the national income.
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