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Mapping West Africa's Migration and Land-Management Crisis
Drought-driven migration and other factors are deepening a land crisis in West Africa.
The Lampedusa Tragedy Prompts the Question: Does the UN have any impact on the world’s migrants?
As hundreds drowned near Lampedusa in 2013, a rare UN migration dialogue spotlighted the world body's limited but potentially growing role in global migration governance.
What We Know About Migration and Development
The migration-development link is well evidenced but weakly governed, and most countries still treat emigration as a drain rather than a potential development asset.
What Do We Know About Skilled Migration and Development?
Brain drain restrictions harm migrants and origin countries without documented benefits; bilateral skill-flow partnerships offer a better path.
What We Know About Circular Migration and Enhanced Mobility
Circular migration offers real development gains for origin countries, destinations, and migrants, but only when governance and bilateral policy cooperation are in place.
What We Know About Diasporas and Economic Development
Diaspora contributions to trade, investment, and skills transfer are real but hard to measure, and most governments lack the policies to leverage them systematically.
What We Know: Regulating the Recruitment of Migrant Workers
Recruitment fee abuse and cross-border loopholes expose migrant workers to exploitation. Effective regulation of recruitment requires more than a one-size-fits-all fix.
The Gambia: Migration in Africa's "Smiling Coast"
The Gambia is simultaneously an emigration, immigration, and transit country, with immigrants comprising 16 percent of the total population in 2010 and the country serving as a gateway for irregular migration to Europe.
A Portrait of Chinese Traders in Dakar, Senegal
Fieldwork in Dakar reveals that most Chinese traders arrived via informal family networks.
How Can Talent Abroad Induce Development at Home? Towards a Pragmatic Diaspora Agenda
Highly skilled diaspora members can catalyze institutional development at home, but only when engagement strategies are pragmatic and tailored to local conditions.