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Select Diaspora Populations in the United States
Profiles of U.S. diaspora communities from 15 countries reflect how they drive homeland development through remittances and human capital. But their investment potential remains underutilized.
A Discussion on the Global Forum on Migration and Development: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific
Offering insights on migration issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region today, this event launches a brief that explores the Asia-Pacific priorities for the GFMD 2014 and provides recommendations on how the GFMD can be a development focused and results-oriented forum.
How Migration Can Advance Development Goals (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Migration produces powerful development gains that policymakers underuse. Cooperation on reducing remittance costs and improving skills recognition is the most viable way forward.
The Global Forum on Migration and Development: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific governments have shaped the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) since 2007. But the Forum must now shift to action on recruitment costs, data, and gender-responsive policies.
Supporting Immigrant Integration in Europe? Developing the governance for diaspora engagement
Origin countries now promote immigrant integration abroad, recognising that well-integrated diaspora members generate stronger development returns than disengaged ones.
The 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development: Setting the Agenda for International Cooperation
A call/webinar focused the 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development: its agenda, the policy areas that seem ripe for action, and what impact the discussions will have on the post-2015 development agenda.
Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A New Paradigm
Discussion at launch of this MPI-IOM Issue in Brief, Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A New Paradigm, which focuses on the vulnerability of environmental migrants and how the international legal framework can better ensure their protection, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A New Paradigm
Climate migrants lack meaningful legal protection under existing international frameworks, leaving their rights dependent on the political will of receiving states.
The High-Level Dialogue: Sizing up Outcomes, Implications, and Future Forms of Engagement on Migration and Development
The 2013 UN High-Level Dialogue on migration achieved a consensus declaration, signaling possible new multilateral cooperation on migration.
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.
