1998 World Refugee Survey
United States Committee for Refugees
Focus: Global
Provides up-to-date information on uprooted people around the world and the conditions they currently face.
Free to first 50 delegates who request copies; $19 per copy thereafter. English; July 1998; 250 pages.
The Hour of Departure: Forces that Create Refugees and Migrants
Worldwatch Institute
Focus: Global
Vast human migrations have become a barometer of our changing, and sometimes declining, prospects for global security. Population growth and environmental decline are significant contributors to conflict and migration.
Cost is $5. English; June 1995; 56 pages. (Also addresses: Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development)
How Immigrants Fare in U.S. Education
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: United States
In 1990, there were more than 2.3 million immigrant students in U.S. schools and colleges, and that number has since increased. This study represents the first effort to systematically describe and analyze the educational experience and performance of immigrant students at all levels of schooling.
English; 1996; 83 pages.
Immigration in a Changing Economy: California's Experience -- Questions and Answers
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: United States
This report summarizes in some detail the principal findings of a comprehensive study of how immigration has affected the state of California.
English; 1997; 51 pages.
The Mixed Economic Progress of Immigrants
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: United States
In the midst of large increases in immigration, a relative deterioration in the level of education of immigrants, and slow employment growth, the question of how immigrants perform and progress economically in the United States has become more salient.
English; 1996; 121 pages.
The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration
National Research Council, Committee on Population
Focus: United States
Identifies the economic gains and losses from immigration -- for the nation, states, and local areas -- and provides a foundation for public discussion and policymaking.
Cost is $49.95 from National Academy Press. English; 1997; 448 pages.
The Role of Environmental Degradation in Population Displacement
Environmental Change and Security Project
Focus: n/a
Revisits the complex connections between environmental change and population displacement. Argues for less rhetoric about "environmental refugees" and closer examination of complicated empirical relationships.
Free to policymakers, academics, NGOs, and businesses. English; 1998; 11 pages.
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