Programme
Programme - Migration and mobility - new frontiers for research and policy

Please find below the preliminary programme for the WIDER Development Conference, Migration and mobility, held on 5-6 October 2017 in Accra, Ghana. Please note that further details will be added as they become available.

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Thursday 5 October

ROOM	ISSER Conference Hall ROOM 1	ISSER Conference Hall ROOM 2	ISSER Building ROOM 3	Law Auditorium ROOM 4
08:30-09:00	Registration and coffee
09:00-10:30	Plenary 1 Chair: Ernest Aryeetey Welcome: Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER, and Ernest Aryeetey, Secretary General, ARUA Opening: H.E. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, and Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury, Ambassador of Finland Keynote: Ingrid Palmary - Global and local influences on policy making: an example of the South African anti-trafficking legislation
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:30	Parallel 1.1 Conflict, forced migration, and international policy Chair: Ernest Aryeetey Shawn Teresa Flanigan Aiding refugees during South-South migration: examining Syrian diaspora assistance to Syrian forced migrants Ferruccio Pastore Migration and the risks of negative extraversion Nicholas Van Hear Imagining refugia	Parallel 1.2 Health and education Chair: Peter Quartey James Loon Tuck Ng Labour migration in Indonesia and the health of children left behind Marta Bengoa-Calvo The effect of Hukou registration system on rural-to-urban migrant's health Maryam Naghsh Nejad The human capital effects of hosting refugees: evidence from Kagera Nigussie Abadi Mistru The impact of remittances on household food security: a micro perspective from Tigray, Ethiopia	Parallel 1.3 Social cohesion Chair: Feng Hou Astghik Mavisakalyan Forced migration and preferences for refugee assistance in developing countries: the role of perceived disadvantage and integration Cecilia Navarra Social networks and labour market outcomes among Senegalese migrants in Europe and Africa Raul Alberto Jimenez Mori Eliciting individual preferences for immigrants in the Dominican Republic Shuxi Yin Network, mobility, and integration: undocumented African migrants in Guangzhou, China	Parallel 1.4 Migration within Africa: defining the governance challenge (organized panel) Conveners: Mariama Awumbila and Benjamin Schraven Eva Dick Analytical framework for regional migration governance in Africa: key features, patterns and impacts in the ECOWAS and IGAD regions Stephen Adaawen Challenges to regional migration and economic integration in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Nigeria Papa Sow Marriage migrations and distributive justice of morals and resources in north-western Benin
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:00	Poster session (see listing of all 24 posters) Chair: Wisdom Akpalu Discussants: Emmanuel Ayimpusah, Dede Gafa, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Richard Osei-Bofah, Millicent Otopabea Awuku, Bernice Owusu-Brown, Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi
14:00-15:45	Parallel 2.1 Migration, policy, and governance I Chair: Finn Tarp Sofiane Bouhdiba The pension of the returning retired migrant in the Maghreb: a development factor? Yuko Hamada South-to-South Migration in Asia: opportunities, challenges and policy implications Zaw Oo Migration in Mon State: Opportunities and challenges for rural development in Myanmar	Parallel 2.2 Immigrant integration, transnationalism, and societal relations among sub-Saharan African immigrants (organized panel) Chair: Joseph K. Teye Geraldine Adiku ‘The saga of the returnee’: return and reintegration experiences of Ghanaian migrants from Libya Mary Setrana and Justice Kyei Internal displacement and cross-border movement of Nigerian nationals Jane Njeri Mwangi Do sub-Saharan African immigrants transfer social capital acquired in the host country to their forebearers?	Parallel 2.3 Gender Chair: Ingrid Palmary Julie Litchfield Migrant remittances and gender in Zimbabwe Anda David Leaving work behind? The impact of emigration on female labour force participation in Morocco Vusilizwe Thebe Migration of men and changes in women’s decision-making roles in former migrant labour societies	Parallel 2.4 Impacts of displacement on host communities in Rwanda and Tanzania (in collaboration with UNU Migration Network) Chair: Craig Loschmann Veronika Fajth Is local social cohesion influenced by hosting refugees? The case of Congolese refugees in Rwanda Craig Loschmann How do host communities adjust labor market activity due to the presence of refugees? Isabel Cristina Ruiz Olaya The impact of hosting refugees on the intra-household allocation of tasks Melissa Siegel Exploring the effects of refugees on social infrastructure change in Rwanda
15:45-16:15	Coffee
16:15-18:00	Parallel 3.1 Environment and natural resources I Chair: Wisdom Akpalu Gordon Crawford South-South labour migration and the impact of the informal China-Ghana gold rush 2008-13 Glenn Sheriff Labor response to climate variation in East Africa Linguère Mously Mbaye Natural disasters and poverty reduction: do remittances matter?	Parallel 3.2 Remittances and families left behind Chair: Miguel Niño-Zarazúa Gift Dafuleya Migration, income pooling and food deprivation Louis Boakye-Yiadom Remittance receipts by Ghana's households: understanding their distribution and the impact on investment in basic education Eva-Maria Egger Migration experience, the migration decision and its impact on household welfare: new evidence from rural Ghana Katharine Hall Fragmenting the family? The complexity of household migration strategies in post-apartheid South Africa.	Parallel 3.3 Macro and trade Chair: Abena Oduro Dramane Coulibaly Growth-enhancing effect of openness to trade and migrations: what is the effective transmission channel for Africa? Mauro Lanati The impact of foreign aid on migration revisited Collin Constantine Remittances, labour supply and the functional income distribution	Parallel 3.4 Determinants of migration Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Anne Marie Duplantier The internal migration decisions of youth in Ghana Tobias Stoehr Searching for a better life: now-casting international migration with online search keywords Michael Smith Food insecurity, gender, and international migration intentions Dennis Wesselbaum Gone with the wind: international migration
18:15	Bus to dinner venue
19:00	Conference dinner

Friday 6 October

ROOM	ISSER Conference Hall ROOM 1	ISSER Conference Hall ROOM 2	ISSER Building ROOM 3	Law Auditorium ROOM 4
08:45-09:15	Morning coffee
09:15-10:30	Plenary 2 Chair: Finn Tarp Keynote: Hillel Rapoport - Diaspora externalities: a view from the south
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:30	Parallel 4.1 Understanding the root causes of migration (in partnership with FAO) Chair: Anda David Jakob Skoet Rural migration, agriculture and rural development – the linkages and trends in rural migration Discussant: Eva-Maria Egger Eva-Maria Egger Migration, demography and agri-food systems: threats and opportunities Discussant: Benjamin Schraven	Parallel 4.2 Remittances Chair: Melissa Siegel Ameth Saloum Ndiaye Migration and remittances in Senegal: effects on labor supply and human capital of household members left behind George Agwu Do remittances improve income inequality? An instrumental variable quantile analysis of the Senegalese case Miguel Niño-Zarazúa Social service delivery and access to financial innovation		Parallel 4.3 Migration policy and governance II Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Diego Acosta Arcarazo Regional free movement of people in South America: a model from Africa and the rest of the world? Linda Adhiambo Oucho Challenges and solutions to migrant integration, diversity and social cohesion in Africa Nisha Bellinger Human security and forced migration in Africa
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:00	Poster session (see listing of all 24 posters) Chair: Wisdom Akpalu Discussants: Emmanuel Ayimpusah, Dede Gafa, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Richard Osei-Bofah, Millicent Otopabea Awuku, Bernice Owusu-Brown, Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi
14:00-15:45	Parallel 5.1 Migration and rural-urban development (panel in collaboration with FAO) Chair: Eva Dick Andrea Cattaneo Rural-urban synergies in development and propensity to migrate Discussant: Julie Litchfield Alan de Brauw Effects of migration on rural livelihoods Discussant: Stephen Adaawen	Parallel 5.2 Labour Chair: Cecilia Navarra Vladimir Hlasny Migration and social mobility in MENA: evidence from labor market panel surveys Andres Cuadros Informality, remittances, and youth workers Anusa Daimon Settling in motion: Malawian clandestine migration into South Africa: 1920s–1950s		Parallel 5.3 Environment and natural resources II Chair: Linguère Mously Mbaye Ashenafi Belayneh Ayenew Labor adaptation to agricultural risk and shocks in rural Mozambique Makidul Islam Khan Impacts of climate change on the migratory and non-migratory fishers of the Padma River in Bangladesh and their response strategies Chris Gordon The Project on Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR), University of Ghana Kwasi Appeaning-Addo The Project on Deltas, Vulnerability, and Climate Change (DECCMA), University of Ghana
15:45-16:15	Coffee
16:15-17:00	Plenary 3 Research meets policy: What insights does research offer for policy? What questions remain unanswered? Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Panelists: Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, Peter Quartey, Nicholas Van Hear Closing remarks: Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER, and Ernest Aryeetey, Secretary General, ARUA

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