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Migration and mobility – new frontiers for research and policy
WIDER Development Conference jointly organized with ARUA, 5-6 October 2017, in Accra, Ghana
Migration and mobility are key facets of our increasingly globalized world, posing challenges but also offering opportunities. For migrants, this may include economic and social mobility, as well as improved physical security and an escape from conflict, violence and persecution. While the impact of migration on both host and sending countries is a topic of considerable contemporary political debate, there is also ample research showing the benefits in terms of labour market outcomes, economic growth, as well as diversity and innovation.
This conference explores the relationships between migration, mobility, and development, with a focus on South-South movements and the African region. It aims to bring together new and innovative research from economics and other disciplines that can inform broader policy-relevant debate and action.
The conference will consist of plenary sessions with keynote speakers Ingrid Palmary and Hillel Rapoport, parallel sessions with contributed papers, and a poster session.
Please find the programme here.
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Papers and presentations - Migration and mobilityPaper submissions for the conference listed based on the programme. Presentations will be uploaded during and after the conference.
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Poster presentations - Migration and MobilityThe poster session will be chaired by Wisdom Akpalu and features the following discussants: Emmanuel Ayimpusah, Dede Gafa, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Richard Osei-Bofah, Millicent Otopabea Awuku, Bernice Owusu-Brown, and Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi. Please...
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Papers and presentations - Migration and mobilityPaper submissions for the conference listed based on the programme. Presentations will be uploaded during and after the conference.
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Poster presentations - Migration and MobilityThe poster session will be chaired by Wisdom Akpalu and features the following discussants: Emmanuel Ayimpusah, Dede Gafa, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Richard Osei-Bofah, Millicent Otopabea Awuku, Bernice Owusu-Brown, and Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi. Please...
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Information note for confirmed participants - Migration and mobilityUseful details about travel and arrangements related to the WIDER Development Conference, Migration and mobility – new frontiers in research and policy. The conference is being held in Accra, Ghana, on 5-6 October 2017.
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Keynote address – Hillel Rapoport: Diaspora externalities: A view from the SouthMigration decisions affect those left behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets), and in other ways that for the most part that can be seen as ‘pure externalities’. Diasporas...
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WIDER Development Conference jointly organized with ARUA - Migration and mobilityThe deadline for submissions is closed.
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Rachel M. Gisselquist, a political scientist, is a Senior Research Fellow with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and a member of the institute’s senior management team. She works on...