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The work of the Development Centre on international migration demonstrates the important gains for migrants as well as for sending and receiving countries.
Our current work plan, financed by the European Commission, looks at the interrelations between public policies, migration and development of partner countries. The overall objective of the project is to enhance partner countries' capacity to incorporate the migration dimension into the design and implementation of their development strategies and other public policies through a better understanding of the implications of public policies on migration issues. The project is based on ten country studies in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa and Latin America.
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Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development A new OECD Development Centre book on migration and development by Jason Gagnon and David Khoudour-Castéras has just been released.
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Events
2013
January
David Khoudour-Castéras participated in a roundtable on “The Role of Migration in Development Strategies, in view of EU Preparations for the 2013 UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development and next steps in Broadening the Development-Migration Nexus”, organised by the European Commission (EC), Brussels, 30 January.
2012
November
David Khoudour-Castéras represented the OECD at the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2012, in Port Louis, Mauritius, 19 - 22 November.
Hyeshin Park participated in a roundtable on “EU Remittances for Developing Countries, Remaining Barriers, Challenges and Recommendations”, organised by the European Commission (EC), Brussels, 8 November.
March
David Khoudour-Castéras participated in a Global Migration Seminar at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, 12 March. He gave a presentation on the Development Centre's book, Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration.
2011
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
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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 information |
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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 information |
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Working Papers
Although South-South migrants face much of the same discrimination and integration challenges as their South-North counterparts, South-South flows need to be analysed from a different standpoint.
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).
For more information please contact DEV.Migration@oecd.org.
Related Documents
The Southward Shift in International Migration: Social Challenges and Policy Implications
“Quédate con nosotros”? The Impact of Emigration on Wages in Honduras
Migration: New Policies for Greater Gains
DEV Centre Policy Brief No 28: Migration, Aid and Trade: Policy coherence for development
DEV Centre Policy Brief No 30: Policies for Migration and Development: A European perspective
DEV Centre WP 250: Effects of Migration on Sending Countries: What Do We Know?
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