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Migration & Development

Migration & Development

Brain Drain & Brain Gain
Circular Migration
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Development Impacts
Diaspora Engagement
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Governments, development specialists, and others have rediscovered the connections between migration and development. Yet while increasing volumes of research have focused on the actual and potential contributions of migrant communities to sustainable development or poverty reduction in their countries of origin, the findings have not been systematically translated into policy guidance. One result is that little coherence is to be found between the development and migration policies of governments in countries of destination and origin—a reality that the research offered here seeks to address.

Recent Activity

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Multimedia
September 24, 2015
A Discussion on the Effects of Asian Labor Migration on the Health of Left-Behind Children
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Policy Briefs
September 2015
Promoting the Health of Left-Behind Children of Asian Labour Migrants: Evidence for Policy and Action
By  Kolitha Wickramage, Chesmal Siriwardhana and Sharika Peiris
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Articles
September 10, 2015
Embracing Emigration: The Migration-Development Nexus in Albania
By Kosta Barjaba and Joniada Barjaba
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Multimedia
July 22, 2015
Beyond Asylum: Adapting the Global Protection System to Better Meet Escalating Needs
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Articles
July 29, 2015
Americans Abroad: A Disillusioned Diaspora?
By Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels
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Policy Briefs
July 2015
Irregular Maritime Migration in the Bay of Bengal: The Challenges of Protection, Management, and Cooperation
By  Kathleen Newland
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Articles
June 18, 2015
Redefining Nepal: Internal Migration in a Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Society
By Paul Clewett
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Reports
June 2015
Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply Escalating Needs (Transatlantic Council Statement)
By  Demetrios G. Papademetriou

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Feature
January 1, 2004
Minimizing Development-Induced Displacement

Courtland Robinson of Johns Hopkins University analyzes steps to minimize the negative side of development, which has uprooted millions worldwide.

Feature
November 1, 2003
Migration and Development: Blind Faith and Hard-to-Find Facts
Kim Hamilton, Managing Editor of The Source, outlines a research agenda for migration and development.
Feature
September 1, 2003
Brain Drain and Gain: The Case of Taiwan
MPI's Kevin O'Neil takes a close look at how Taiwan has reaped economic benefits from high-skilled migration.
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Profile
August 1, 2003
Kenya: What Role for Diaspora in Development?
Kenya is looking to its educated diaspora to meet development goals and achieve global competitiveness, according to MPI’s Ken Okoth.
Feature
June 1, 2003
Remittance Data
The Source presents three tables ranking countries around the world by total remittances received, by remittances per capita, and by remittances per GDP, based on the latest International Monetary Fund data.

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Recent Activity

Audio
September 24, 2015

A Discussion on the Effects of Asian Labor Migration on the Health of Left-Behind Children

This discussion, at the Bangkok launch of an MPI-International Organization for Migration issue brief, explores the social and health impacts of international labor migration on the children who remain at home when one or both their parents emigrate.

Policy Briefs
September 2015

Promoting the Health of Left-Behind Children of Asian Labour Migrants: Evidence for Policy and Action

International labor migration has become vital to economic development in Asian countries, but for children and families left behind, it can also at times create a negative influence on health, break down family and social cohesion, and increase the burden on health systems, as this MPI-IOM issue brief explores.

Articles
September 10, 2015

Embracing Emigration: The Migration-Development Nexus in Albania

From ongoing emigration flows and a surge in asylum seekers, to more than 150,000 returnees, this country profile examines contemporary and historical migration trends in Albania. Driven by extreme poverty and unemployment, more than one-third of Albania's population has emigrated in the last 25 years. The government now seeks to capitalize on diaspora resources by linking migration and development policies.

Video, Audio, Webinars
July 22, 2015

Beyond Asylum: Adapting the Global Protection System to Better Meet Escalating Needs

This webinar examines innovative ideas to adapt the global protection system to better meet the growing challenges of forced migration and to empower refugees through development-led responses to displacement.

Articles
July 29, 2015

Americans Abroad: A Disillusioned Diaspora?

While many countries are increasing engagement with their diasporas, U.S. policy has chiefly focused on U.S.-based diasporas from other countries, despite its own estimated overseas population of 7.6 million. This feature explores results from a survey of more than 1,400 U.S. citizens and 140 former citizens living abroad, many of whom are critical of limited U.S. government engagement with them even as restrictive financial reporting regulations have been imposed.
Policy Briefs
July 2015

Irregular Maritime Migration in the Bay of Bengal: The Challenges of Protection, Management, and Cooperation

Irregular maritime migration across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia entered a period of crisis in spring 2015 as a wave of migrants and refugees crossed, most departing from ports in Myanmar and Bangladesh, with many facing critical danger along the way. This MPI-IOM Issue in Brief puts the crisis into context and offers a consideration of what recent history has to teach about responses to maritime migration crises.

Articles
June 18, 2015

Redefining Nepal: Internal Migration in a Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Society

Even as Nepal will lean more heavily on its international diaspora to help recover from devastating earthquakes that killed thousands and decimated parts of the country, the disasters have had effects on internal migration. Class and gender dynamics have long driven significant internal flows. This feature article explores migration trends in Nepal, including movement between ecological zones, growing urbanization, and the feminization of an increasingly mobile workforce.
Reports
June 2015

Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply Escalating Needs (Transatlantic Council Statement)

MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration convened its thirteenth plenary meeting to propose innovative solutions to address the increasing strains on the global protection system amid huge displacement. This Council Statement highlights the need for national governments and international actors to respond proactively to rising displacement and to look beyond the care-and-maintenance model of protection and help the long-term displaced find their economic and social footing.

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