How Migration Can Benefit Development

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 5, 2006

Migration can make positive contributions to the economic development of poor countries, but needs to be incorporated into the national development strategies more systematically. This can only be achieved through an extensive cooperation nationally, regionally and globally. More funding is needed for research on the positive and negative effects of migration on the economic development in poor countries. A dialogue on migration and development is taking place on the highest level in the UN general council in mid-September 2006. This anthology has been developed as a contribution to that discussion. The book has four chapters written by experts from different parts of the world - Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Central- and South America. The authors put forth concrete measures for how the research capacity could be strengthened and how the cooperation between experts and decision-makers could be improved. The book is a result of the third Stockholm seminar in the series: Global Migration Regimes. Table of Content

• Boosting the benefits of migration for development Kristof Tamas and Joakim Palme

• A new global direction for policies on migration and development Jan O. Karlsson

• Mexican and Latin American policy perspectives on remittances José Jorge Mora-Rivera

• Migration in the Caribbean: The role of brain drain, remittances and diaspora Karoline Schmid

• Policy-driven research on international migration in sub-Saharan Africa Aderanti Adepoju

• Regional cooperation and the benefits of migration for development in Southern Africa Vincent Williams

• A perspective from the Arab Region on migration and development Heba Nassar

• From brain drain to brain gain: Mobilising Albania´s skilled diaspora Ilir Gedeshi

• The impact of diasporas on the development of CIS countries Sergey V. Ryazantsev

• International migration and development in the Philippines Maruja M.B. Asis

• Migration and the development of source areas: Evidence from China Yu Zhu

• Migration and development: Reflections on research and policies Piyasiri Wickramasekara

• Building capacity for policy-relevant research on migration and development Frank Laczko and Lynellyn Long

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