Migration and Europe: Some brief thoughts on a theoretical sudden stop in...
The World Economic Forum recently published a very interesting Q&A with Ian Goldin that bore the arresting title: "What if rich countries shut the door on immigration?" Goldin is director of Oxford...
View ArticleBest practice vs a menu of policy options – and the KNOMAD process
What if “best practice” policy did not exist, and a policy maker just went ahead and implemented one? In doing so, would (s)he run the risks associated with inferences drawn from an empty set? For...
View ArticleA comic take on migrant integration - enjoy!
Here is a funny take on migrant integration by comic Maz Jobrani, an Iranian-American and a founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. Have a great weekend!
View ArticleNew journal: Migration and Development
It is a pleasure to receive the inaugural issue of a new journal Migration and Development published by Routledge. While many journals are publishing articles on migration and development and a few are...
View ArticleRemittances to developing countries to reach $406 billion in 2012
We have issued the latest Migration and Development Brief, which includes the latest estimates for remittances in 2012 and projections up to 2015.As our estimates for 2012 show, international migrants...
View ArticleThank you for attending ... here's the presentation
Thank you to all who attended yesterday’s live seminar/webinar on the ‘Latest Trends in Migration and Remittance Flows Worldwide’. The session focused on the continued resilience of remittance flows to...
View ArticlePakistan Remittance Initiative (PRI)
In order to provide an ownership structure in Pakistan for remittance facilitation, State Bank of Pakistan (the central bank), Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Ministry of Finance launched a joint...
View ArticleGlobal Forum on Migration and Development 2012: Mauritius - What a great forum!
I just attended the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)in Mauritius last November 21 -22, 2012. It was the first time that the GFMD was chaired by an African country. It was also the first...
View ArticleMigration and post-2015 development goals
On the eve of the international migrants day, many people are debating how migration might feature in the post-2015 development goals. There is no doubt that migration - international and internal -...
View ArticleCall for papers for the 6th international conference on migration and...
Preparations are underway for the 6th International Conference on Migration and Development, which will be held in Morocco on May 18-19, 2013. A call for papers is now open, with a January 31, 2013...
View ArticleMigration, Post-2015 Development Goals, And the KNOMAD
Even as the US media is in a frenzy about comprehensive immigration reforms - long overdue, but in terms of detail, still more forest than trees - there is another sense of urgency about how might...
View ArticleOver-documented, but still glimpsing fear at the border
I have a UN Laissez Passe. I have a German Passport. I have a US Passport. And, I am enrolled in the Global Entry trusted traveler program in the US. Yet, for the second time in a row, and perhaps...
View ArticleOne additional African migrant creates about USD 2,800 (a year) in additional...
Standard trade literature tends to view migration and trade as substitutes. In that framework, either workers migrate to satisfy foreign demand or foreign demand is satisfied by trading goods and...
View ArticleMigration is Development: Sutherland op-ed on migration and post-2015...
In the run up to the UN High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development that will take place in October 2013, there is a lot of discussion among migration experts on how migration might feature in the...
View ArticleMore employment implies more H1-B visa applications in the USA
In 2010, I wrote a blog on the situation of the H1-B visas. At that time, the slow recovery of the US economy was affecting the hiring of high-skilled immigrants. Now, that the U.S.
View ArticleNo more migrant skilled workers for FY2015: All H1B Visas gone on April 7
I have been writing about H1B visa in the past four years. This is the second year in a row since April 2008 that H1-B visas applications exceeded the 85,000 cap in the first few days. This FY 20015,...
View ArticleCall for Proposals: Evaluation of diaspora programs
Diaspora engagement is a big and growing issue in developed and developing countries, with strong policy interest. But all things considered, the topic is vastly under-studied compared to its economic...
View ArticleHost countries in the European Union: Are they welfare magnets for other EU...
In observance of the International Migrants Day, Dec 18 Even before 2004, when eight central and eastern European countries (including Poland) joined the European Union (EU), there were fears that...
View ArticleIn 2015 the cost of sending remittances to Central America and the Dominican...
During 2015 the cost of sending remittances to Central America and the Dominican Republic was reduced. This result, obtained from the database of Envía CentroAmérica, is a positive one as these...
View ArticleBuilding Contact between Immigrants and Host Communities is Vital to...
Negative Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Immigrants Threaten Effective Integration The growing scale of human mobility worldwide has rendered immigration a salient topic. Better integration could yield...
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