A Knowledge Platform on Migration and Global Development : A Global Public Good Otaviano Canuto Dilip Ratha Hans Timmer World Bank Marseilles June 14, 2011 Contact: Dilip Ratha, dratha@worldbank.org
Outline
A. Rationale
B. Themes C. Proposed structure D. Timeline E. Outputs F. Monitoring and evaluation
Rationale: Migration a defining issue for global development
More than 200 million people are international migrants; a multiple of that are internal migrants
Economic migrants account for 93% of global migrant stock. Economic migration is set to increase in future
South-South migration is larger than South-North migration
International migrants sent home more than $325 billion remittances in 2010
Migration and remittances reduce poverty and greatly contribute to the MDGs
Large, Stable, and Resilient: Remittance flows to developing countries to reach $400 billion by 2013 600
$ billions
500
Recorded Remittances to reach $400 bn by 2013 Private debt & FDI
400 300
port. equity
200
ODA
100
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Source: Migration and Development Brief 16 (Mohapatra et al. 2011)
Thematic areas 1. Data on migration and remittances 2. Smart migration management 3. Demographic changes & migration 4. Remittances (incl. access to finance & capital markets) 5. High-skilled migration 6. Assimilation and integration issues 7. Mobilizing diaspora resources 8. Climate change & migration 9. Migrant rights 10. Rural-urban migration & urbanization 11. Policy coherence
Significant gaps in knowledge, institutional capacity and coordination highlight the need for an open knowledge platform as a global public good
Rationale for the knowledge platform on migration and global development • Provide an open platform for debate and discussion – include divergent views; but with strong emphasis on rigor, peer review and quality control
• Act as a knowledge broker • Attract multi-disciplinary researchers and practitioners
• Deliver menu of policy options on migration
Proposed structure
Steering Committee
Secretariat
Thematic working groups
Volunteer researchers
Donor Community
Proposed structure
10 multidisciplinary experts
Steering Committee
Secretariat
Thematic working groups
Volunteer researchers
Donor Community
Proposed structure
Steering Committee
Secretariat
Donor Community
Thematic working groups
Volunteer researchers
6-8 experts, with a World Bank or GMG staff as chair or co-chair
Proposed structure
Steering Committee
Secretariat
Thematic working groups
Volunteer researchers
Donor Community
World Bank Migration and Remittances Unit, GMG member staff (up to 11), Policy outreach officers (3), Admin and web staff (3)
External partnerships International and regional agencies – Global Forum on Migration and Development, Global Migration Group, World Economic Forum, UN agencies, AU, EC, IOM, ADB, AfDB, IDB, G20
Research networks – Migrating out of Poverty, Africa Economic Research Consortium, CEMLA, other research institutes, universities, and think-tanks
Core partners University of Dhaka (Bangladesh); University of Ghana; African Migration and Development Policy Centre (Kenya); National University of Singapore; Witswatersrand University (South Africa); University of Sussex (UK)
Associate partners Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal); Center for Development Studies (India); Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Nepal Institute of Development Studies; Oxford University; Center for Global Development (USA); Institute for Development Studies (UK); IPPR; Migrants Forum Asia (Philippines); University of Ibadan (Nigeria); University of Nairobi (Kenya); Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia); Pakistan Institute of Development Studies; University of Kinshasha (Congo, Dem. Rep.); Scalabrini Research Center (Philippines); Marga Institute (Sri Lanka); Makarere University (Uganda); Institute of Family and Gender Studies (Vietnam);
Internal partnerships within the World Bank Work with the Regions, Networks and country teams – Regions: AFR, EAP, ECA, LAC, MNA, SAR – Networks: FPD, PREM, HDN, SDN
Draw support from and complement the work of the Bank’s proposed Global Expert Team (GET) on Migration
Timeline
Month 1
Months 2-3
Month 4
Months 5-6
Month 7 or 8
Draft Terms of Reference (ToR)
Stakeholder consultations; select themes for working groups; finalize TOR for the KP
Announce KP via press release; call nominations for Steering Committee
Select members of Steering Committee; Appoint members of Thematic Working Groups
First meeting of Steering Committee and Thematic Working Groups
Outputs of Migration Knowledge Platform Analytical research products Operational toolkits, fact books
Web-based anthologies, archives, blogs Smart migration policies , best practices: A menu of policy choices for the policy makers
Monitoring & evaluation
Workshops and annual conference Requests for expert services
Web traffic and use of tools Impact on policy debate