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Policy Papers

European Migration Policies towards Africa: trends, impact and outlook (part I); Migration and Development in Africa: two policy agendas to be reconciled (part II). CeSPI SID, July 2006. View document
Moving out of Poverty: Making Migration Work Better for Poor People. DFID, 2007. View document
A Global Strategy of Migration for Development; Beyond the MIDA Approach to Mobilizing and Sharing of Human and Financial Resources of the Overseas African Community, 2006 - 2010, IOM, June 2006. View document
Summary of the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, G.A. A/61/515, 13 October 2006. View document
The EU position concerning the preparation of the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted at the General Affairs and External Relations Council Meeting on 17 July 2006, 11740/06. View document
Conclusions of the GAER Council Meeting on Migration, Council of the European Union, 17 July 2006. View document
Communication from the Commission to the Council - Contribution to the EU Position for the United Nations' High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development, COM(2006) 409, 14 July 2006. View document
African Position on Migration and Development, endorsed by the African Union Assembly, 7th Ordinary Session, 1-2 July 2006, Banjul, Assembly AU/Dec. 111-132 (VII). View document
Report on Migration and Development, Committee on Development, European Parliament, A6-0210/2006, June 2006. View document (EN, FR)
Report of the United Nations Secretary General on International Migration and Develoment, May 2006. View document (EN, FR)
Benelux Common Paper on Migration and Development, May 2006. View document (EN, FR, NL)
The High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development: Key IOM Messages, IOM, April 2006. View document
International Migration and Development: perspective and experience of the International Organization for Migration, IOM, April 2006. View document
Global Approach to Migration: Priority actions focusing on Africa and the Mediterranean, European Council Presidency Conclusions 15914/1/05, 115/16 December 2005. View document
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Priority actions for responding to the challenges of migration: First-follow up to Hampton Court, COM(2005) 621, 30 November 2005. View document
International Agenda for Migration Management and Development: Common understanding and effective practise for a planned, balanced and comprehensive approach to the management of migration, The Berne Initiative.By IOM and the Federal Office for Migration (FOM), Switzerland, 2005. View Document
Towards policy coherence on migration, International Dialogue on Migration, IOM 90th Council Session, 29-30 November 2005. View document
Policy approaches to migration and development, International Dialogue on Migration, IOM 90th Council Session, 29-30 November 2005. View document
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee - EU strategy for Africa: Towards a Euro-African pact to accelerate Africa's development, COM(2005) 489, 12 October 2005. View document
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committe of the Regions - Migration and Development: some concrete orientations, COM(2005) 390, 1 September 2005. View document
The Commission for Africa and Policy Coherence for Development, First Report of Session 2004-2005, International Development Committee, House of Commons, United Kingdoms, December 2004. View document
Migration and Development: How to make migration work for poverty reduction: Government response to the Committee's sixth report of session 2003-2004, First Special Report of Session 2004-2005, International Development Committee, House of Commons, United Kingdom, December 2004. View document
Migration and Development: How to make migration work for poverty reduction, Sixth Report of Session 2003-04, International Development Committee, House of Commons, United Kingdom, June 2004. View document
Migration et développement: forces d'avenir, Rapport Session 2003-2004, Sénat de Belgique, 22 juin 2004. (FR, NL)
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Integrating Migration Issues in the European Union's Relations with Third Countries: (i) Migration and development; (ii) Report on the effectiveness of financial resources available at community level for repatriation of immigrants and rejected asylum seekers, for management of external borders and for asylum and migration projects in third countries, COM(2002)703, 3 December 2002. View document
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: - A Community Immigration Policy, COM(2000) 757, 22 November 2000. View document

Research Papers

Diásporas como Agentes para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. IOM, 2007. View document
Migration and Human Resources for Health: From Awareness to Action, IOM, International Dialogue on Migration, N° 9, 2006. View document
Immigration, development and policy trade-offs. An alternative approach to migration and development. By Dayton-Johnson, J. and Xenogiani, T., European Development Research Network, 2006. View document
Engaging Diasporas as Development Partners for Home and Destination Countries: Challenges for Policymakers. By Dina Ionescu, IOM, MRS No.26, 2006. View document
Trans-saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends. By H. De Haas, Migration Policy Institute, MIS, November 2006. View document
Engaging Diaspora:How governments and development agencies can support diaspora involvement in the development of origin countries?, Hein de Haas, International Migration Institute (University of Oxford) & Oxfam Novib, June 2006. View document
Migration and Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Policymakers. By Macha Farrant, Anna MacDonald & Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, April 2006, IOM, MRS No.22. View document
The Good, The Bad, The Promising: Migration in the 21st Century. UNFPA, 2006. View document
International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain, The World Bank and Palgrave MacMillan, October 2006. View document
Interstate Cooperation and Migration, Berne Initiative studies. By IOM and the Federal Office for Migration, Switzerland, 2005. View document
World Migration Report 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. Chapter 13, 14, 15 and 16 on 'Migration and Development'. IOM, World Migration Report Series, Volume 3, 2005. Available on CD-ROM. View document
Mainstreaming Migration into Development Policy Agendas, IOM/DFID/Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Project, 2005, IDM No.8. View document
Managing the Movement of People: What Can Be Learned for Mode 4 of the GATS, IOM/ The World Bank/WTO Project, 2005, IDM No.7. View document
Health and Migration: Bridging the Gap, IOM/WHO/CDC, 2005, IDM No.6. View document
Migration, Development and Poverty Reduction in Asia, IOM, 2005. View document
Migration and Development - New Strategic Outlooks and Practical Ways Forward: the Cases of Angola and Zambia. By Savina Ammassari, June 2005, MRS No. 21. View document
Policies Engaging Diasporas in the Development Strategic of Host and Home Countries, IOM, 2005
Best Practices to Manage Migration: China. By Irena Omelanuk, IM Volume 43 (5), December 2005. View document
Los Efectos des Trabado de Libre Comercioentre Centroamérica, Estados Unidos y Repùblica Dominicana en los Procesos Migratorios Centroamericanos, IOM, 2005
Migration in an Interconnected World: New Direction for Action, GCIM, October 2005. View document
Ghanaian Migrants’ Double Engagement: a Transnational View of Development and Integration Policies. By Valentina Mazzucato, GCIM, Global Migration Perspective No.47, October 2005. View document
International Migration and Livelihoods in Southeast Nigeria. By Chinedum Nwajiuba, GCIM, Global Migration Perspective No.50, October 2005. View document
Migration and Development. By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, GCIM, September 2005. View document
Migrants in the Global Labor Market. By Philip Martin, GCIM, September 2005. View document
Formalizing the Informal Economy: Somali Refugee and Migrant Trade Networks inNairobi. By Elizabeth H. Campbell, GCIM, Global Migration Perspective No.47, September 2005. View document
The Millennium Development Goals and Migration. By Erica Usher, April 2005, IOM, MRS No.20. View document
Internal Migration and Development: A Global Perspective. By Priya Deshingkar and Sven Grimm, February 2005, IOM, MRS No.19. View document
Migration Partnerships: New Tools in the International Migration Debate.
By Alberto Groff, GCIM, Global Migration Perspective No.21, January 2005. View document
The Development Potential of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora: A Survey of Zimbabweans Living in the UK and South Africa. By Alice Bloch, Januray 2005, IOM, MRS No.17. View document
Essentials of Migration Management: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners, IOM, 2004: View Document
Movement of Workers in the WTO Negotiations: a Development Perspective. By Gabriela Wurcel, GCIM, Global Migration Perspective No.15, October 2004. View document
Diaspora and Development: The Case of Kenya. By Dharam Ghai, GCIM, Global Migration Perspective No.10, October 2004. View document
Institutionalising Diaspora Linkage: the Emigrant Bangladeshis in UK and USA. By Tasneen Siddiqui, IOM Dhaka/Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (Government of Bangladesh), February 2004. View document
Arab Migration in a Globalised World, IOM, 2004. View document
Orderly and human Migration: an Emerging Development Paradigm, IOM Dhaka/The Institute of Bangladesh Studies (University of Rajshahi), 2004. View Document
Migration from Latin America to Europe: Trends and Policy Changes. By Adela Pelligrino, May 2004, MRS No. 16. View document
Valuing Migration: The Costs, Benefits, Opportunities and Challenges of Migration, International Dialogue on Migration, 2003. View document
The Next Stop Is …: Study on Transit Migration through Azerbaijan, IOM Baku, 2003. View document
World Migration 2003: Managing Migration Challenges and Responses for People on the Move. Chapter 12: Linkages between Brain Drain, Labour Migration and Remittances in Africa. IOM, World Migration Report Series, Volume 2, 2003. View document
Migration and Development : a Perspective from Asia, Hugo Graeme, IOM, November 2003. View document
The Migration and Development Nexus, IOM, 2003. View document
Labour Migration in Asia: Trends, Challenges and Policy Responses in Countries of Origin, IOM, 2003. View document
Introduction: Understanding Migration between China and Europe. By Frank Laczko, IM Volume 41 (3), September 2003. View document
Emigration from China: a Sending Country Perspective. By Xiang Biao, IM, Volume 41 (3), September 2003. View document
Mexican Seasonal Migration to Canada and Development: A community-based comparison. By Tanya Basok, IM, Volume 41 (2), July 2003. View document
Is Trafficking in Human Beings Demand Driven? A Multi-Country Pilot Study. By Bridget Anderson and Julia O'Connell Davidson, december 2003, MRS No. 15. View document
Migration in a Globalising World, International Dialogue on Migration, 2003.
The Migration-Development Nexus: Somalia Case Study. By Joachim Gundel, IM, Volume 40 (5), Special Issue II, 2002. View document
The Migration-Development Nexus: Afghanistan Case Study. By Leila Jazayery, IM, Volume 40 (5), Special Issue II, 2002. View document
The Migration-Development Nexus: Sri Lanka Case Study. By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, IM, Volume 40 (5), Special Issue II, 2002. View document
Managing Migration: The Role of Economic Instruments. By Jonas Widgrem and Phillip Martin, IM, Volume 40 (5), Special Issue II, 2002. View document
Moroccan Migration Dynamics: Prospects and Future. By Rob van der Erf and Liesbeth Heering, August 2002, MRS No. 10. View document
The Migration and Develoment Nexus: Evidence and Policy Options by Ninna Nyberg-Sorensen, Nicholas Van Hear and Poul Engberg-Pedersen, June 2002, MRS No. 8. View document
Conflict Resolution, Confidence-Building and Peace Enhancement among Somali Women, IOM, 2002. View document
Migration, Return and Development: an Institutional Perspective. By Henrik Olesen, IM, Volume 40 (5), Special Issue II, 2002. View document
Towards a Coherent Policy of Co-development. By Patrick Weil, IM Volume 40 (3) Special Issue I, 2002. View document
Encuesta sobre Migración Internacional de Guatemaltecos, Primera fase - Resultados Estadísticos, IOM, 2002
Contributions of Returnees: An Analytic Survey of Post Return Experience. IOM Dhaka, 2002. View document
Harnessing the Potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development: Applying Concepts to West Africa. By Savina Ammassari and Richard Black, August 2001, MRS No. 5. View document
Issues and Challenges of Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries. By A.A. Afolayan, IM, Volume 39 (4), December 2001. View document
Socio-Economic Development and International Migration: A Turkish Study. By Ahmet Icduygu, Ibrahim Sirkeci and Gulnur Muradoglu, IM, Volume 39 (4), December 2001. View document
Social, Economic and Demographic Consequences of Migration on Kerala. By K.C. Zachariah, E.T. Mathew and S. Irudaya Rajan, IM, Volume 39 (2), June 2001. View Document
The Link between Migration and Development in the Least Developed Countries: IOM's Vision and Programmatic Approach, IOM, 2001. View document
Some Structural Effects of Migration on Receiving and Sending Countries. By Daniele Joly, IM, Volume 38 (5), December 2000. View document
Emigration and Development: the Case of a Bangladeshi Village. By Md. Mizamur Rahman, IM, Volume 38 (4), 2000. View document
World Migration Report 2000. World Migration Report Series, 2000. View document
Return Migration: Journey of Hope or Despair?, IOM, 2000. View document
International Migration and the Global Agenda: Reflections on the 1998 UN Technical Symposium. By Stephens Castles, IM, Volume 37 (1) March 1999
Return Migration to Jamaica and its Development Potential. By E. Thomas-Hope, IM, Volume 37 (1) March, 1999.
Releasing the Development Potential of Return Migration: The Case of Senegal. By M.A. Diatta and Ndiaga Mbow, IM, Volume 37 (1), March 1999.
Migration and Development: Report of the Technical Symposium on international Migration and Development held in The Hague on 29 June- 3 July 1998, IOM/ The Netherlands/UNFPA, 1999. View document
Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries (selection of papers prepared within the Iom/UNFPA project), IM, Volume 33 (3-4), 1995.
Migration and Development (papers from the IOM 10th Global Seminar), IM, Volume 30 (3-4), 1992.