Contemporary migration to South Africa [[electronic resource] ] : a regional development issue / / Aurelia Segatti and Loren B. Landau, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457621203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-27893-6; 9786613278937; 0-8213-8768-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Collana: Africa development forum
• Altri autori (Persone): Kabwe-SegattiAurelia Wa; LandauLoren B (Loren Brett)
• Disciplina: 331.5
• Soggetti: Immigrants - South Africa; Electronic books.; South Africa Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A copublication of Agence française de Développement and the World Bank."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction: Migration to South Africa: Regional Challenges versus National instruments and Interests -- 1. Reforming South African Immigration Policy in the Postapartheid Period (1990-2010) -- 2. The Role of Skilled Labor -- 3. Mobility and Municipalities: Local Authorities, Local Impacts, and the Challenges of Movement -- 4. Migration Control, Documentation, and State Transformation -- 5. Migration and Health in South Africa: Implications for Development -- Appendix A: Immigration Legislation and Policy in South African and the Southern African Development Community, 1986-2010 -- Appendix B: How Many Are they? Migration Data Collection -- Appendix c: Migration Statistics for South Africa -- Appendix D: Urbanization in Africa, 1950-2010 -- Index -- Boxes -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables.
• Sommario/riassunto: Building on global interest in migration development, the volume draws attention to one of the most important migration systems in sub-; Saharan Africa. It reviews South Africa's approach to international migration in the post-apartheid period from a regional development perspective, highlighting key policy issues, debates, and consequences. The authors find at least three areas where migration is resulting in important development impacts. First, by offering options to those affected by conflict and crises in a region that has limited formal disaster management and social protection systems.