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.
Thursday 5 October
ROOM |
ISSER Conference Hall ROOM 1 |
ISSER Conference Hall ROOM 2 |
ISSER Building ROOM 3 |
Law Auditorium ROOM 4 |
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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 |
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10:30-10:45 | Break | |||
10:45-12:30 |
Parallel 1.1 Conflict, forced migration, and international policy Chair: Ernest Aryeetey
Shawn Teresa Flanigan
Ferruccio Pastore
Nicholas Van Hear |
Parallel 1.2 Health and education Chair: Peter Quartey
James Loon Tuck Ng
Marta Bengoa-Calvo
Maryam Naghsh Nejad The impact of remittances on household food security: a micro perspective from Tigray, Ethiopia |
Parallel 1.3 Social cohesion Chair: Feng Hou
Astghik Mavisakalyan
Cecilia Navarra
Raul Alberto Jimenez Mori 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
Stephen Adaawen 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 |
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14:00-15:45 |
Parallel 2.1 Migration, policy, and governance I Chair: Finn Tarp
Sofiane Bouhdiba
Yuko Hamada
Zaw Oo |
Parallel 2.2 Immigrant integration, transnationalism, and societal relations among sub-Saharan African immigrants (organized panel) Chair: Joseph K. Teye
Geraldine Adiku 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
Anda David 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
Craig Loschmann
Isabel Cristina Ruiz Olaya 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
Glenn Sheriff Natural disasters and poverty reduction: do remittances matter? |
Parallel 3.2 Remittances and families left behind Chair: Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
Gift Dafuleya
Louis Boakye-Yiadom
Eva-Maria Egger 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
Mauro Lanati Remittances, labour supply and the functional income distribution |
Parallel 3.4 Determinants of migration Chair: Rachel Gisselquist
Anne Marie Duplantier
Tobias Stoehr
Michael Smith 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 |
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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
Eva-Maria Egger |
Parallel 4.2 Remittances Chair: Melissa Siegel
Ameth Saloum Ndiaye
George Agwu Social service delivery and access to financial innovation |
Parallel 4.3 Migration policy and governance II Chair: Rachel Gisselquist
Diego Acosta Arcarazo
Linda Adhiambo Oucho
Nisha Bellinger |
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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 |
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14:00-15:45 |
Parallel 5.1 Migration and rural-urban development (panel in collaboration with FAO) Chair: Eva Dick
Andrea Cattaneo Effects of migration on rural livelihoods Discussant: Stephen Adaawen |
Parallel 5.2 Labour Chair: Cecilia Navarra
Vladimir Hlasny
Andres Cuadros 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
Makidul Islam Khan
Chris Gordon The Project on Deltas, Vulnerability, and Climate Change (DECCMA), University of Ghana |
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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 |