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Voice After Exit: Diaspora Advocacy

Diaspora communities are using advocacy to influence policy in origin and destination countries, but support and accountability gaps remain.

Mobilizing Diaspora Entrepreneurship for Development

Diaspora entrepreneurship can drive job creation and innovation in origin countries but needs tailored support to overcome structural barriers.

Diaspora Philanthropy: Private Giving and Public Policy

Diaspora giving is growing but hindered by weak nonprofit capacity and policy barriers; tax incentives and capacity building would maximize its development impact.

EU Membership Highlights Poland's Migration Challenges

Poland's 2004 EU accession sparked one of its largest postwar emigration waves, yet it was the only EU member to avoid recession.

Heritage Tourism and Nostalgia Trade: A Diaspora Niche in the Development Landscape

Diaspora heritage tourism and nostalgia trade connect origin-country economies to global markets, offering less-developed countries an underused comparative advantage.

Diaspora Investment in Developing and Emerging Country Capital Markets: Patterns and Prospects

Diaspora wealth is flowing into origin-country capital markets, but better regulation and tailored products are needed to unlock its full potential.

Connected through Service: Diaspora Volunteers and Global Development

Diaspora volunteers link countries of origin and destination, but stronger partnerships are needed to turn scattered efforts into lasting development gains.

Potential Reforms to the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program

Breakfast briefing with Kate Brick, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Robert Carey, Vice President of Resettlement and Migration Policy, International Rescue Committee; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of Refugee Policy and Migrants, Migration, and Development Programs.

Migration's Middlemen: Regulating Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines-UAE Corridor

MPI report release with the Labor Attaché of the Philippines Embassy in Washington; Director of the Human Development Report Office, UN Development Program (TBC); and MPI's Kathleen Newland and Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias.

Migration's Middlemen: Regulating Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines-United Arab Emirates Corridor

The Philippines–UAE corridor shows how weak regulation of private recruitment agencies leaves migrants vulnerable even with extensive licensing and oversight standards.