Migration

How can migration support development in countries of origin?

This is the issue addressed in the synthesis report entitled “Making migration a development factor: the case of North and West Africa”.

• Making migration a development factor: the case of North and West Africa - (pdf 1,153 KB)
• (Spanish version) Las migraciones como factor de desarrollo: El caso de África Septentrional y Occidental - (pdf 970 KB)
• Figures - (pdf, 1.39 MB)

• the establishment of a Francophone research network to develop country-specific background papers

• Francophone research network: contact information - (pdf, 274 KB)

• enabling the existing African Anglophone research network to undertake research projects in a number of thematic areas:

• Institute for Development Studies: Economic crisis, labour markets and migration - (pdf, 900 KB)
• Institute for Development Studies: Inward migration, labour markets and development - (pdf, 362 KB)
• University of Ghana: Outward migration, labour markets and development - (pdf, 624 KB)
• University of Dar-es-salaam: Intraregional migration, labour markets and development - (pdf, 744 KB)

• building partnerships and engaging with the broader academic community to conduct a comprehensive review of international experiences and practices:

• Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva: A Review of International Migration Policies - (pdf, 429 KB)

The activities of the IILS are part of a broader programme implemented by the ILO Regional Office for Africa and undertaken in collaboration with the ILO International Migration Programme (MIGRANT). For information on the MIGRANT part of the programme see: MIGRANT