Young people are an especially valuable human capital resource for both sending and receiving countries, yet most research about migration and economic development focuses on labor migration and remittances, largely neglecting children and youth except as unwitting victims of trafficking, military conflict, or other forms of exploitation. There is a vast research and policy literature about child and adolescent development and another literature about migration and economic development; but, with rare exceptions, these literatures do not overlap. For the complete rationale paper.

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