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The work of the Development Centre on international migration comes within the scope of the Poverty Reduction and Social Development Unit, which aims at promoting policy coherence for development. Our work 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.
Our current work plan, financed by the MacArthur Foundation, looks at the governance of migration and links between emigration and labour markets. It focuses on Central America and West Africa. More information here.
In the framework of the annual publication Perspectives on Global Development, we also consider the effects of South-South migration in terms of social cohesion.
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Events
December
David Khoudour-Castéras and Jason Gagnon represented the OECD at the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2011 Concluding Debate, in Geneva, Switzerland, 29 November - 2 December. They presented the book "Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development".
October
David Khoudour-Castéras presented the Development Centre's work on immigrant integration in the South at the GFMD thematic meeting on "From Evidence to Action - Facilitating South-South Labour Migration", organised by the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of Switzerland in Abuja, Nigeria, 17-18 October.
September
Jason Gagnon participated in a Conference on "West and Central African labour markets", organised by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Dakar, Senegal, 22-23 September. He made a presentation on migration, labour markets and social cohesion.
May
David Khoudour-Castéras presented the Development Centre's work on the governance of migration at a workshop on "Migration Policies' Image and Representation in the Media and Public Debate in Europe since 1992", Centre de Recherche sur les Identités Nationales et l'Interculturalité (CRINI), Université de Nantes, 27 May.
April
David Khoudour-Castéras participated in the Consultation on "Migration and mobility for development - Towards a migrant-centered approach", European commission (EC), Brussels, 11 April.
Jason Gagnon participated in the Conference Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge held at University College London, 6-9 April. He presented two papers:
March
David Khoudour-Castéras represented the Development Centre at the Seminar on Management of Labor Migration in Dakar, Senegal, 29-31 March. He made a presentation on South-South Labour Migration in West Africa.
Past events
For a list of all past events, please click here.
Publications
Reports
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Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration
Regulation, Integration, Development
This book contributes to the current debate on international migration by focusing on three elements in the standard policy dialogue: the regulation of migration flows, the integration of immigrants, in particular in developing countries, and the impact of labour mobility on development. More
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Latin American Economic Outlook 2010
The OECD Latin American Economic Outlook 2010 provides a fresh analysis of economic trends in the region with a particular focus on the role that international migration and remittances play in fostering development. More
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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. More
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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. More
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More Publications
Working Papers
This paper analyses the links between emigration and labour markets in Honduras by exploiting the variation in the labour supply over time. It finds that a 10% increase in emigration from Honduras increased wages in Honduras by around 10%, an increase which is higher than previous findings in other countries – but diminishing over time.
This working paper uses an agricultural household model to explore the impact of potential immigration policy reforms on the welfare of rural households in Burkina Faso.
This working paper presents findings from an evaluation of the impacts of immigration policies on the welfare of migrants and their families in migrant-sending countries, focussing on Mexico and Nicaragua (US policies in the first case and US and Costa Rican policies in the second).
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