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[UNDP] Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this is a major driver for movement of people. Migration can expand their choices- in terms of incomes, accessing services and participation, for example - but the opportunities open to people vary from those who are best endowed to those with limited skills and assets. These underlying inequalities, which can be compounded by policy distortions, will be a theme of the report.

The Human Development Research Paper (HDRP) Series features recent research commissioned to inform the global Human Development Report and further research in the field of human development. Access the latest releases of the Human Development Research Paper (HDRP) Series on the theme of human mobility and the upcoming HDR 2009 online here: http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/papers/