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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.

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.

Diasporas and Development in Post-Communist Eurasia

In post-Communist Eurasia, millions became diaspora members not by migrating but through border shifts.

The Growing Linkages Between Migration and Microfinance

Microfinance and migration intersect in unexpected ways.

The Evidence Base for October’s High-Level Dialogue: What We Know About Migration & Development

This conference provides an assessment of what we have learned about the relationship between migration and development in the past decade—including the gains made through six years of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)—and identifies key areas that are ripe for action.

Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans

Despite being home to one-fifth of all international migrants, the United States cannot reliably count its own citizens abroad; estimates range from 2.2 million to 6.8 million.

Stranded Migrants: A New Challenge for the International Community

Discussion with William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration; Sam Worthington, President & CEO of InterAction; and MPI's Kathleen Newland.

Migration and Environmental Change: Assessing the developing European approach

Climate-linked migration should be contextualized within broader migration frameworks, rather than treating it as a category requiring separate legal protections.

A Critical Juncture for Migration and Development: Swedish Leadership at a Turning Point for International Cooperation

A discussion on global cooperation efforts to strengthen the development impact of migration, with the Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy and the U.S. State Department's Director of the Office of Population and International Migration in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, along with experts from U.S. public and private sectors.

Beyond Remittances: Reframing Diaspora-Driven Development in El Salvador

For Salvadoran diaspora associations, real development impact comes not from remittances but from how they engage as governance actors.