Washington D.C.
24 February 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 10am-12pm
Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington D.C.
With approximately 200 million migrants across the world, global migration has become not only a reality but also a spur to essential policy discussions in several countries with high immigrant populations. At the same time, very little is known about the impact of migration in the countries from which migrants originate. The effects on those left behind, the significance of remittances, and the consequences of returned migrants on quality of life, labor and development are among the important issues requiring further study.
On February 24, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings will host a discussion of two recently released reports on the development impacts of global migration. The first panel will focus on the United Nations Development Programme’s 2009 Human Development Report, “Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development.” Jeni Klugman, the report’s lead author, will present the report’s findings. The second report, “Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimizing Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts,” a joint product of the Institute for Public Policy Research and the Global Development Network, will be presented by Laura Chappell, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
A panel of leading immigration and migration policy experts will discuss the main lessons of the reports after each presentation. After each panel, participants will take audience questions.
Mauricio Cárdenas
Senior Fellow and Director
Latin America Initiative
The Brookings Institution
Presentation: Jeni Klugman
Director, Human Development Report Office
United Nations Development Programme
John Page
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Presentation: Laura Chappell
Senior Research Fellow
The Institute for Public Policy Research
Elizabeth Ferris
Senior Fellow and Co-Director
Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
The Brookings Institution
To RSVP, please call the Brookings Office of Communications at 202.797.6105, or visit: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2010/0224_global_migration.aspx
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