Welcoming Migrants: Cities offer a Beacon of Hope
Jun 02, 2014 / Blog entry
By Manjula Luthria*
When US-born 24-year old aspiring physician Ms. Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America in September last year, she inspired a celebration of beauty, brains, ambition and America’s diversity. At the same time twitter exploded with angry tweets protesting the crowning of a “foreigner, terrorist, Miss 7-11.” In January this year...
Embracing Skilled Migration: Global Skills Partnerships to Solve Global Skills Shortages
May 02, 2014 / Blog entry
This article is the third in a 3 part blog series on brain drain in the context of international labor mobility. Its aim is to question the conventional wisdom and help devise win-win solutions to age old problems.
By Manjula Luthria*
Earlier in this series we marked the omnipresent concern about brain drain and noted that because the term...
International Labor Mobility
Apr 01, 2014 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank.
Partners
Key partners: National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC), Moroccan Ministry of Labor, German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ), Maytree Foundation.
Other partners: French Ministry of Finance, French Employment Agency, Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
A Question of Equilibrium
Apr 01, 2014 / Blog entry
This article is the first in a 3 part blog series on brain drain in the context of international labour mobility. Its aim is to question the conventional wisdom and help devise win-win solutions to age old problems.
By Manjula Luthria*
On our drive home from a recent trip to the ski slopes we decided to add a bit of education to the vacation...
Movers and Shakers
Jan 16, 2014 / Highlight
In its second Movers & Shakers piece, the International Labor Mobility (ILM) program asks Lant Pritchett for his thoughts on how the migration agenda might be moved forward and what misconceptions we need to shake off to do so. Pritchett draws inspiration from other successful development movements and cautions against the drive for perfection...
Marking International Migrants Day
Dec 18, 2013 / Highlight
On December 18th, the UN invites us "to observe International Migrants Day through the dissemination of information on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, and through the sharing of experiences and the design of actions to ensure their protection.” To that end, the International Labor Mobility (ILM) Program commemorates...
Global Talent Competitiveness Index Launch
Dec 13, 2013 / Highlight
In today's global economic climate, no-one wants to focus on the issue of migration. The topic is politically fraught, socially contentious, and technically challenging. But it is also one of the more promising options for boosting shared prosperity by productively employing young and mobile workers to meet the growing demands of ageing...
'Paper Trails', the ILM Discussion Note Series
Dec 02, 2013 / Highlight
The International Labor Mobility program is proud to announce its first set of newsletters in its Paper Trails series. The discussion notes provide an opportunity to highlight ongoing work, discuss emerging findings, and share ideas to build stronger migration systems. The series is intended to spur debate and discussion. Below are the first...
On the Move: Migrant Skills (Seeing isn’t Believing)
Oct 17, 2013 / Highlight
In a world where “migration is development,” stepping across international borders would offer migrants immediate improvements in income, productivity, and career opportunities. Currently, however, migrants with mid-level skills must take one step back to take two steps forward. As they cross from developing to developed countries, migrants’...
Three Funerals and a Wedding: Resetting the way we work on migration
Oct 17, 2013 / Highlight
International labor markets are perhaps the last bastion of protectionism. We know that easing restrictions on the movement of people, especially the less skilled, can unleash huge welfare gains which by some estimates dwarf the gains from complete trade liberalization. And yet, progress on this front has been too slow.
In attending the numerous...
On the Move: The Highly Skilled (Turning “Brain Drain” into “Brain Gain”)
Oct 17, 2013 / Highlight
This blog has been co-authored by Michael Clemens and Nabil Hashmi
The recent tragedy off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy highlights the risks that many migrants face. For a large number of people around the world moving is still one of the surest ways of expanding their opportunities and improving their lives. The World Bank's International Labor...
On the Move: Time to Re-think Migration
Oct 17, 2013 / Library
Manjula Luthria of the World Bank’s International Labor Mobility Program introduces our new series on migration, ‘On the Move.’ For large numbers of people around the world moving is one of the surest ways of expanding their opportunities and improving their lives. ‘On the Move’ aims to reframe the debate around migration by offering a set of...
On the Move: Labor Agreements (It takes two to Tango)
Oct 03, 2013 / Highlight
For large numbers of people around the world moving is one of the surest ways of expanding their opportunities and improving their lives. The World Bank's International Labor Mobility program has been dedicated to rethinking the current approach to this movement. Our new series, ‘On the Move’ presents new ideas which showcase a sample of this...
Workshop and launch of the report "Climate Change and Migration: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa"
Jun 19, 2013 / Highlight
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) is organizing a workshop to launch the AFD-World Bank report "Climate Change and Migration: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa". This report is the main output of a research project launched in 2010 and follows two previous workshops held in 2010 in Marseille, and 2012 in Paris.
Climate...
Workshop on Managing International Labor Migration for Better Development Outcomes (June 13-15, 2011)
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
Background: The recent events across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are a strong reminder that one of the main challenges facing countries in the Arab World is to absorb the large cohort of young and increasingly well-educated labor market entrants into productive employment. The current inability to provide sufficient numbers of quality...
