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Migration has become an important phenomenon in many countries of Europe and Central Asia. The development implications of migration in the region were first examined in the flagship report "Migration and Remittances: Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union." This report builds on the World Bank's earlier work and focuses on an aspect of migration which is important, from various aspects, to practically all countries of the Europe and Central Asia region. The role that the diaspora can play is a major part in overall migration policy of the countries of Europe and Central Asia. This report represents a first step towards understanding the role that Europe and Central Asian diaspora can play in their home countries and how the Bank can facilitate these relationships. The report is part of the World Bank's migration program in countries of Europe and Central Asia, which was initiated with the aim to help countries respond to policy, institutional and program challenges of migration and remittances in the quest for sustained economic growth and poverty reduction.

Anthropology --- Brain Drain --- Developing Countries --- Development Policy --- Diaspora --- Economic Management --- Educational Attainment --- Emigration --- Female Migrants --- Fertility Rates --- Financial and Private Sector Development --- Gender --- Gross Domestic Product --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Host Countries --- Human Development --- Human Migrations & Resettlements --- Identity --- Immigration --- Low-Income Countries --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Migrant Workers --- Migration --- Other Economic Management --- Other Financial and Private Sector Development --- Other Human Development --- Population Growth --- Population Policies --- Remittances --- Return Migration --- Social Development --- Unemployment --- Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement

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The Philippines has made significant progress in empowering women and in advancing gender equality. The government's policy on gender equality and women's empowerment has prioritized women's economic empowerment, advancing human rights and enhancing gender-responsive local governance. All these priority concerns are integral components of poverty reduction programs in the Philippines. The Philippines has made significant progress in empowering women and in advancing gender equality. Since the government introduced a constitution in 1987 affirming the equality of women, it has pursued a number of initiatives to mainstream gender concerns in national policies and programs. A development plan for women was launched in 1987, followed by a plan for gender-responsive development, 1995-2025, coordinated by the National Commission on the Role of Filipino women. In 2004, the commission drafted a framework plan for women that identify three priority concerns to meet the objectives of gender equality and women's empowerment: economic empowerment of women, protection and fulfillment of women's human rights, and gender-responsive governance. Projects that support these priorities will facilitate more equitable development across the Philippines, including supporting the full participation of women in political processes and governance in the international and national local level, strengthening gender-sensitive and inclusive programs and mechanisms with civil society, and increasing women's access to economic resources such as capital, technology, information, markets, and training.

Access to Information --- Capacity Building --- Child Care --- Child Mortality --- Cities --- Communities --- Community Development and Empowerment --- Disadvantaged Groups --- Early Childhood --- Economic Development --- Employment Opportunities --- Fertility --- Fertility Rates --- Gender --- Gender Issues --- Habitat --- Housing --- Human Rights --- Indigenous Peoples --- Inequality --- Informal Sector --- Labor Market --- Land Tenure --- Market Economy --- Maternal Health --- Maternal Mortality --- Millennium Development Goals --- Official Development Assistance --- Political Parties --- Population Growth --- Poverty Monitoring & analysis --- Poverty Reduction --- Pregnancy --- Productivity --- Regional Planning --- Reproductive Health --- Resettlement --- Rule of Law --- Sanitation --- Secondary Education --- Social Development --- Tertiary Education --- Unemployment --- United Nations --- Unskilled Workers --- Villages --- Violence