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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes for the first time the contribution of migration to sustainable development. Migration is a cross-cutting issue, relevant to all of the Su...
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Diasporas

Diasporas, sometimes referred to as expatriates or transnational communities, play an important role in leveraging migration’s benefits for development. Measuring issues relating to diaspora groups is challenging,...
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Migrant recruitment costs

Most low-skilled labour migrants pay fees to obtain contracts and complete recruitment formalities. This is against international conventions and many countries’ national laws that require employers to pay all of ...

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Asia-Pacific Regional Secondary Data Review

Despite a growing volume of migration-related data in recent decades, the need for a reliable, nuanced and harmonized evidence base, reflecting both current and historical migration developments in Asia and the Pa...
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Migration, Development and Evaluation: Where we stand today and why

Presentation exploring the following issues: Policymakers are increasingly interested in harnessing the benefits of migration for development. Growing number of migration interventions aim to have a direct...
Africa Migration Report

Africa Migration Report: Challenging the Narrative

The Africa Migration Report takes a distinctly regional approach to inform knowledge on migration in Africa. This first edition, titled Challenging the Narrative, aims to deconstruct negative perceptions of migrat...
Migration Data in the context of the 2030 Agenda

Migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda (Measuring migration and development in Armenia)

In 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and accompanying 169 targets designed to g...

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Videos

TALKING MIGRATION DATA: The effects of migration data on development

Hein de Haas, Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, shares his views on data, migration and development.  Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this video are those of the intervi...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: What is Peter Sutherland's migration report?

Kathleen Newland, Senior Fellow and Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute, talks to GMDAC about the Sutherland report on international migration and development.   Disclaimer: The opinio...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Remittances and the G20

Dilip Ratha, Manager of Migration and Remittances Unit and Head of KNOMAD at the World Bank, talks to GMDAC about the importance of remittances in the G20 countries.
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Recruitment costs of migrant workers: How and why should we monitor them?

Philip Martin, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, is talking to GMDAC about recruitment costs of migrant workers. Disclaimer: The opinions expr...
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