Leaving Home: The Impact of Global Migration on Economic, Social and Human Development
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Leaving Home: The Impact of Global Migration on Economic, Social and Human Development
With approximately 200 million migrants across the world, global migration has become not only a reality but also a spur to essential policy discussions in several countries with high immigrant populations. At the same time, very little is known about the impact of migration in the countries from which migrants originate. The effects on those left behind, the significance of remittances, and the consequences of returned migrants on quality of life, labor and development are among the important issues requiring further study.
On February 24, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings hosted a discussion of two recently released reports on the development impacts of global migration. The first panel focused on the United Nations Development Programme’s 2009 Human Development Report, “Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development.” Jeni Klugman, the report’s lead author, presented the report’s findings. The second report, “”Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimizing Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts,” a joint product of the Institute for Public Policy Research and the Global Development Network, was presented by Laura Chappell, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
A panel of leading immigration and migration policy experts discussed the main lessons of the reports after each presentation.
Agenda
Opening Remarks and Moderator
Mauricio Cárdenas
Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy - Colombia University
Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit - Republic of Colombia
Former Brookings Expert
Panel One: Overcoming Barriers – Human Mobility and Development
Jeni Klugman
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative
John Page
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative
Panel Two: Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimizing Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts
Presentation: Laura Chappell
Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Public Policy Research
Elizabeth Ferris
Former Brookings Expert
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration - Georgetown University
José Tessada
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Latin America Initiative
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