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Migration, PRSPs, and Human Development

Conference Room, DC-1 Building 24th Floor
24 November 2008

Time: 12.30- 2.00 p.m.

1 United Nations Plaza, DC-1 Building 24th Floor

Topic

The presentation will go over PRSPs, migration and policies which may have an impact on migration. In particular, it will address what have been the key policies in developing countries in terms of emigration and immigration, and also internal migration. Identification of stylized facts, systemic obstacles to the implementation of those policies, trends, and potential good practices will also be addressed.

About the Speaker

Professor Richard Black is Director of Research in the School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, Co-Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, and Director of the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty. His work focuses on the study of international migration, including forced migration and post-conflict return, and related social and economic transformations. As Director of the DFID-funded 'Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty', he works with research partners in Albania, Bangladesh, Egypt and Ghana on an integrated programme of research, training and capacity building. He acted as a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), writing on the migration effects of climate change. Richard's research currently focuses on international migration and 'sustainable return'.

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