The authors owe a particular debt of gratitude to Dr Mohammad A Razzaque, Adviser and Head, International Trade and Regional Cooperation, Commonwealth Secretariat, and Dr H Bohela Lunogelo, Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania, for their very helpful comments and suggestions on the revised draft. The authors would also like to mention their deep appreciation of the insightful comments on the revised draft by Susanne Melde, Research Officer, ACP Observatory on Migration, Dina Ionesco, Policy Officer, IOM, and Hyeshin Park, Junior Policy Analyst, OECD. Support of the Secretariat of the LDC IV Monitor, particularly Dr Anna Batyra, is specially acknowledged.