Organisers:

Howard Duncan
CIC Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Keiko Osaki
United Nations Population Division, United States

Migration theorists have traditionally linked migration to development through the analysis of the root causes of emigration. More recently, policymakers in some countries and regions have come to regard development efforts or development assistance as vehicles for reducing migration flows. This workshop will take a more progressive approach to the migration-development link and seek ways to manage phenomena associated with migration for direct development purposes. Such migration management practices and policies would attempt to make migration a powerful instrument for economic and social development in the less affluent countries of the world.

Discussants:

Aderanti Adepoju, Nigeria (tbc)

Sally Andrews, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Rebecca Bardach, Joint Distribution Committee, Israel

Frans Bouwen, SID, Netherlands

Jonathan Crush, Southern Africa Migration Program, South Africa

Carlo Dade, Inter-American Dialogue, United States

Howard Duncan, CIC Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Kim Hamilton, Migration Policy Institute, United States

Juan Hernandez, Government of Mexico, Mexico

Graeme Hugo, Adelaide University, Australia

Rolf Jenny, International Migration Policy Program, Switzerland

Jan Niessen, Migration Policy Group, Belgium

Keiko Osaki, United Nations Population Division, United States

Mario Riestra Venegas, Puebla Gobierno del Estado, Mexico

Colleen Thouez, International Migration Policy Program, Switzerland

Gerry Van Kessel, InterGovernmental Conference, Switzerland

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