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goals and issues for policymakers to consider in seeking to enhance thecontributions of migration to development.In his essay on the connections between internal and international labormigration flows, Ronald Skeldon calls for the creation of a “singlemobility framework” to orient future research and synthetic analyses. Yetdespite the authors’ shared focus on migrant workers and remittances,the diversity in their theoretical, empirical, geographical, and practicalperspectives makes synthesizing their research and findings a challenge.In the following pages, we point out useful linkages that can be foundbetween the issues and perspectives raised in the individual chapters, andbegin to outline an analytical framework that takes into account similaritiesand differences in migration and development processes, levels or scales ofsocial organization, and geographies of origin and destination.Our discussion begins with the papers that explore connections betweeninternal and international migration and how they affect developmentin sending and receiving locations. Then we compare how internal andinternational migration affect development by examining these processesas they are presented by articles focused within the same national contexts.To draw out the implications that connections and comparisons betweeninternal and international migration have for development, we link casestudies focused on similar levels of social organization: migrant households,rural communities, urban centers, and nations. This same framework isthen used to examine conceptual and methodological innovations that haveresulted from the authors’ linking internal and international migration andto identify the different types of recommendations that the authors offerpolicymakers to enhance development. By distinguishing between differenttypes of migration and development, areas of origin and reception, andlevels of social organization, this framework facilitates a systematic readingof the volume’s essays that highlights insights and questions to guide futureresearch agendas and to refine the design of policies to enhance migrants’contributions to development.1. Linkages between Internal and International Migration344In his broad overview of the connections between internal and internationalmigration, Ronald Skeldon argues that both types of movement influenceone another in various ways, but most notably in creating job openings thatthat attract new migration. Primarily citing examples from east and southAsia, he points out that movement within a country, from the countrysideto cities, or from inland to coastal areas can enable migrants to gain access