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The first database has been expanded in order to include the results of the 2010 census.
Citation: Global Bilateral Migration Database; World Bank Group and Ç. Özden; C. Parsons; M. Schiff and T. L. Walmsley (2011) 'Where on Earth is Everybody? The Evolution of Global Bilateral Migration; 1960-2000'; World Bank Economic Review 25(1):12-56
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