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The climate change issue would be serious for countries like Nepal whose economy is dependent on workers’ remittances.

Populations across the globe are aging at an unprecedented pace, making many countries increasingly reliant on migration to realize their long-term growth potential.

Refugee-led organizations (RLOs) are on the rise in number and power around the world, and this is a good thing for all of us.

In a new handbook chapter, Dean Yang and I outline strategies for experimental and non-experimental methods in migration. This post draws on this to discuss areas for migration policy interventions that don't involve changing laws.

Better Migration Policies Can Help Boost Prosperity In All Countries

Notice that this would be akin to investing in high-end service exports in which case aiming to be globally competitive would have positive spillover effects in our own domestic economy.

Last week, the World Bank published the 2023 edition of its World Development Report (WDR), with a focus on “Migrants, Refugees, and Societies.” The report provides a sweeping overview of the issues facing migrants, refugees, and countries of origin, transit, and destination, encapsulating it all in a neat new matrix. While the contents aren’t groundbreaking, the fact it exists at all is. So what does the report include, and why does it matter?

Being the most populous country in the world, India has a surfeit of human resources that it cannot retain through attractive livelihood opportunities and career paths

Report identifies trend as a unique opportunity to make migration work better for economies and people.

As competition for skilled workers continues to rise globally, while populations in rich and middle-income countries age, the World Bank says migration can be a powerful force for prosperity and development if managed properly. This is contained in a new report from the World Bank, which also states that populations across the globe are ageing