HDRO Conference Room
4 March 2009
Time: 1.00- 2.00 p.m.
Topic
Research on ‘South-South’ migration remains extremely limited, despite the fact that a large share of those who move across international borders remain within the global South. For example, over 80 percent of migrants from countries with low HDI move to countries with either low or medium HDI – and a mere 2 percent move to countries with very high HDI. This presentation reviews the available evidence for the distinctive contributions of South-South migration to human development, while highlighting the commonalities with other migration paths. It draws particular attention to the conflicting categorisations used to define North and South. Exploring these differences calls into question the value of using such a broad concept as South-South migration, that equates migration between Russia and Estonia with that between Rwanda to DR Congo.
About the Speaker
Oliver Bakewell is a Research Officer at the International Migration Institute (www.imi.ox.ac.uk) of the University of Oxford. He has a first degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and MSc and PhD in development studies at the University of Bath. He has been working with refugees and migrants for over fifteen years as both a researcher and practitioner. Prior to joining IMI, he was the Senior Researcher at INTRAC – the International NGO Training and Research Centre – where he was working on more general issues of development practice. His research interests include the changing patterns of migration within Africa; the relationship between migration and development; the interface between migration policy and migrants’ behaviour, in particular the attitudes towards and use of papers (passports, ID cards, visas etc.); forced migration, repatriation and humanitarian aid. He is working on the IMI’s African Migrations Programme and the African Perspectives on Human Mobility Programme Foundation and conducting research in collaboration with colleagues in Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana and DR Congo.
Presentation
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