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Can international migration contribute to economic progress? Work of the Development Centre on Migration and Development demonstrates the important gains for migrants as well as for sending and receiving countries. It also shows how OECD country policies can influence and optimise the potential benefits of increased international labour mobility.
The Development Centre analyses the impact of migration in two distinct activities:
In the Spotlight Migration Can Help Fight Global Poverty
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A new report by the OECD Development Centre on Migration and Developing Countries concludes that migration can help fight global poverty. To unlock the development potential of international labour mobility, policy makers in rich and poor countries must recognise that neither migration policies nor aid policies in isolation are enough to stimulate and maintain the momentum of development. Learn more.
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Key Publications
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Gaining from Migration
Towards a New Mobility System
This report is a summary of recommendations that provide a road map to maximise the potential gains from migration. New ideas are offered for policies related to labour markets, integration, development co-operation and the engagement of diasporas...
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Policy Coherence for Development
Migration and Developing Countries
This flagship publication identifies development bottlenecks caused by incoherent OECD country policies in developing and transition economies. It illustrates the joint impact on growth and poverty reduction of policies in four domains: aid, trade, migration and foreign investment...
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Coming Events
June
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Publications*
Policy Coherence for Development: Migration and Developing Countries
First annual "Policy Coherence for Development" flagship publication, presenting experiences and lessons learned of how migration can promote development. Based on selected country case studies, this book gives concrete policy recommendations for migrant sending and receiving countries to better organise the flow of people in order to maximise the benefits of migration.
Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Louka T. Katseli, Gregory Maniatis, Rainer Münz and Demetrios Papademetriou
Final report of the "Gaining from Migration" project, featuring several policy recommendations to better manage the global system of labour mobility.
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Presentations*
Migración y Países en Desarrollo (in Spanish)
March 2008
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson
At the OECD Mexico Centre, Mexico City, Mexico
Migrations et pays en développement (in French)
February 2008
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson
At the Agence francaise de développement, Paris, France
Mobilität für lokale und regionale Arbeitsmärkte (in German)
December 2007
By Denis Drechsler
At the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Berlin, German
Migration and Developing Countries - Presentation of the Flagship Publication
November 2007
By Jeff Dayton-Johnson and Denis Drechsler
At the Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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Contact Us
For more information please contact Denis Drechsler or Jeff Dayton-Johnson.
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