Return Migration and Re-Integration into Croatia and Kosovo (Roundtable, May...
The goal of KNOMAD’s roundtable Return Migration and Re-integration into Croatia and Kosovo was to probe the hypothesis that return migration and homeland reintegration promote development through the...
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I am a migrant
Also available in: Français | العربية | 中文 | EspañolIn 1964, I came to the United States from South Korea, then an extremely poor developing country that most experts, including those at the World...
View ArticleCall for Papers: 9th International Conference on Migration and Development
Call for Papers: 9th International Conference on Migration and Development Migration Policy Center, European University Institute, Florence, June 13-14, 2016 The French Development Agency (AFD)...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Forced displacement and gender issues
Background Forced displacement is a multifaceted phenomenon caused by persecution, conflict, repression, natural and human-made disasters, ecological degradation and other situations that directly...
View ArticleReaping the blessing of migration in MENA: Mobilizing diaspora resources for...
MENA has always had low private investment both domestic and foreign. However, the political and economic unrests post the ‘Arab Spring’ raised the necessity of a dynamic and growing private sector...
View ArticleHow do we measure impacts of refugees and IDPs on host countries and host...
Nearly 60 million persons were forcibly displaced worldwide due to conflict and persecution at the end of 2014—the highest number since World War II. Forced displacement is not only a humanitarian...
View ArticleHumanitarians working on cash transfer and remittance researchers need to...
I had the pleasure of attending a workshop organized by KNOMAD at which a cross-disciplinary group of researchers (economics, anthropology, law, health, finance) came together to consider how to...
View ArticleWould investing in financial literacy help reduce the use of informal channels?
Reducing remittance costs are recognized as a vital element of the financing for development strategy and is one of the targets in the Sustainable Development Goals and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda....
View ArticleCall for papers: Development policies that facilitate internal migration
BACKGROUND The World Bank’s the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) program is a global hub of knowledge and policy expertise on migration and development issues. Among...
View ArticleMigration and Violent Extremism in Contemporary Europe
There is rising concern in Europe that massive flows of refugees and migrants from Syria may be infiltrated by terrorist groups such as Da’esh. In recent months President Milos Zeman of the Czech...
View ArticleRefugee stories from Idomeni and Europe’s baffled response
A newborn baby receives its first shower with cold bottled water, outside the tent where it was delivered, in the make-shift tent city of Idomeni, Greece. At the same time, two patients diagnosed with...
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 ArticleMigrant remittances to developing countries edge up in 2015, despite weak...
We just launched the new Migration and Development Brief and an accompanying Press Release.
View ArticleTrends in Remittances, 2016: A New Normal of Slow Growth
Against a backdrop of tepid global growth, remittance flows to low and middle income countries (LMICs) seem to have entered a “new normal” of slow growth. In 2016, remittance flows to LMICs are...
View ArticleRemittances to developing countries decline for an unprecedented 2nd year in...
We just launched the latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief and an accompanying Press Release. Remittances to developing countries decreased by 2.4 percent to an estimated $429 billion...
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