Diego Chaves-González
Diego Chaves-González is Senior Manager of MPI's Latin America and Caribbean Initiative (LACI), where he leads research, policy engagement, and technical assistance across the region. His work focuses on migration and development, legal pathways and labor mobility, immigrant and returnee integration, regional cooperation, and social cohesion—with a particular interest in how migration, when strategically governed, can drive economic growth and long-term development outcomes.
At MPI, Mr. Chaves-González has directed policy research and advisory processes, engaging governments, multilateral organizations, donors, civil society, and the private sector. He has led work on regularization frameworks, labor mobility programs, return and reintegration policy, and hemispheric cooperation mechanisms, and has provided technical assistance to governments navigating rapidly evolving migration dynamics.
Before joining MPI, he worked for the World Bank and the United Nations. At the World Bank, he supported the Global Concessional Financing Facility, which provided concessional financing to middle-income countries hosting large refugee populations. At the United Nations, he coordinated interagency response platforms in Colombia and contributed to strategies on reparations for conflict victims. He also served as a presidential advisor in Colombia, playing a central role in the registration and regularization of 500,000 migrants, and provided advisory support on similar initiatives in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru.
Mr. Chaves-González holds a master's degree in economics and social development from Cardiff University, a master's in public policy from Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a bachelor's degree in political science with a specialization in international relations from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá.
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Welcoming Venezuelan Migrants, Innovations in Integration Policies in Colombia
Speakers examined issues of integration and social cohesion in Colombia, and explored how the international community could support countries receiving significant numbers of Venezuelan migrants and refugees in 2021.
s, M, l, xl ¿Cómo es la bienvenida de los migrantes en las ciudades de tamaño mediano en la región?
En esta conversación, líderes de ciudades medianas examinan las respuestas sociales de la region que han resultado en la integración de nuevos migrantes en comunidades locales.
Integración socioeconómica de los migrantes y refugiados venezolanos: Los casos de Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú
A junio de 2021, más del 70 por ciento de los 5.6 millones de venezolanos en el exterior vivían en cinco países sudamericanos, con barreras de informalidad y credenciales.
Socioeconomic Integration of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees: The Cases of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
As of mid-2021, five South American countries hosted more than 70 percent of the 5.6 million Venezuelans living abroad. Informality and credential barriers hindered integration.
¿Qué sigue ahora luego de que Colombia haya dado un paso histórico en materia de migración?
El anuncio del presidente de Colombia que los estimados 1,7 millones de migrantes venezolanos recibirán un estatus de protección temporal migratoria por un periodo de diez años representa un hecho valiente y sin precedentes en América Latina. El reto que sigue será el de poder materializar este esfuerzo en una política pública que abogue por un proceso de cohesión social en el país.
What Comes Next Now that Colombia Has Taken a Historic Step on Migration?
Colombian President Iván Duque’s announcement that the estimated 1.7 million Venezuelans in Colombia will receive a ten-year protection status represents a bold, first-of-its-kind move in Latin America. However, translating this ambitious legalization into action will require both a massive logistical effort and long-term planning to assure social cohesion, as this commentary explores.
Un perfil regional de los migrantes y refugiados venezolanos en América Latina y el Caribe
Con datos de la DTM de la OIM de 2019 en 11 países, este perfil revela variaciones amplias en demografía, estatus migratorio y necesidades de integración de venezolanos.
Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Regional Profile
Venezuela's collapse sparked one of the hemisphere's largest displacement crises, leaving millions across Latin America facing legal status gaps and integration barriers.
