Best practice vs a menu of policy options – and the KNOMAD process
What if “best practice” policy did not exist, and a policy maker just went ahead and implemented one? In doing so, would (s)he run the risks associated with inferences drawn from an empty set? For...
View ArticleKNOMAD launches international logo competition
Work on establishing the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) is going on at full speed. A key part of that work is to create a solid and strong identity for KNOMAD....
View ArticleMigration and post-2015 development goals
On the eve of the international migrants day, many people are debating how migration might feature in the post-2015 development goals. There is no doubt that migration - international and internal -...
View ArticleKNOMAD logo competition extended
We've extended the deadline for submission of entries to the KNOMAD International Logo Competition, to give people extra time over the holiday season, especially youngsters who we hope will utilize...
View ArticleMigration, Post-2015 Development Goals, And the KNOMAD
Even as the US media is in a frenzy about comprehensive immigration reforms - long overdue, but in terms of detail, still more forest than trees - there is another sense of urgency about how might...
View ArticleMigration is Development: Sutherland op-ed on migration and post-2015...
In the run up to the UN High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development that will take place in October 2013, there is a lot of discussion among migration experts on how migration might feature in the...
View ArticleKNOMAD launch/Outlook for migration and remittance flows worldwide
We will launch the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) on Friday April 19th, on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. At this event we will...
View ArticleKNOMAD is now operational/New outlook for migration and remittances 2013-15...
The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) is shifting gears --- it has officially graduated from inception phase to being operational. An official launch event is being...
View ArticleMigration and Development: A View from the Gulf
I was recently asked to provide opening remarks at a landmark conference on labor mobility and development sponsored by the Ministry of Labor of the United Arab Emirates (with several partners...
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