Journal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South

Building knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy.

The studies in this special section offer both new empirical insights and new frameworks for analysis, with key policy implications, that can enrich our discussion of these topics. They focus on issues that relate to national and sub‐national level governance and policy, speaking both to the impact of diverse governance structures and policies on the well‐being of migrants and host communities, and of the policy‐making process itself and the factors influencing that process.

In so doing, they point toward promising directions for future work on these topics and underscore the value of multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and cross‐regional analysis. 

Table of contents
  1. Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South: Introduction and Overview
    Rachel M. Gisselquist, Finn Tarp
  2. How Unpopular Policies are Made: Examples from South Africa, Singapore and Bangladesh
    Ingrid Palmary, Thea De Gruchy, Ali Ashraf, Koh Chiu Yee, Kellynn Wee, Charmian Goh, Brenda S.A. Yeoh
    More Working Paper | How unpopular policies are made
  3. Fiscal Pressure of Migration and Horizontal Fiscal Inequality: Evidence from Indian Experience
    Pinaki Chakraborty, Shatakshi Garg
    More Working Paper | Fiscal pressure of migration and horizontal fiscal inequality
  4. Is the Education of Local Children Influenced by Living near a Refugee Camp?: Evidence from Host Communities in Rwanda
    Özge Bilgili, Craig Loschmann, Sonja Fransen, Melissa Siegel
    More Working Paper | Is the education of local children influenced by living nearby a refugee camp?
  5. South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's Informal Gold Rush in Ghana
    Gabriel Botchwey, Gordon Crawford, Nicholas Loubere, Jixia Lu
    More Working Paper | South-South labour migration and the impact of the informal China-Ghana gold rush 2008–13
  6. Social Accountability in Diaspora Organizations Aiding Syrian Migrants
    Mounah Abdel-Samad, Shawn Flanigan
    More Working Paper | The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis
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