| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Coffee/tea and registration |
| 9:00-9:15 a.m.  | Introduction. Mayra Buvinic, Director, PRMGE |
| 9:15-9:30 a.m. | Background to PRMGE’s work program: Gender issues in international migration. Andrew R. Morrison, Lead Economist, PRMGE |
Session 1: Understanding female migration
Chair: Pablo Fajnzylber, Senior Economist, LCSFR |
| 9:30-9:50 a.m. | Gender in Economic Research on International Migration and Its Impacts: A Critical Review. J. Edward Taylor, Professor, University of California at Davis
Paper (PDF 177KB)Â
MS PowerPoint (465KB) |
| 9:50-10:10 a.m. | The macro picture: the feminization of international migration? Juan Carlos Guzman, Consultant, PRMGE
Paper (PDF 129KB)
MS PowerPoint(172KB) |
| 10:10-10:25 a.m. | Comments
Discussant: Katharine M. Donato, Professor, Vanderbilt University |
| 10:25-10:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:50-11:10 a.m. | Coffee/Tea |
Session 2: Remittances: gendered determinants and impacts
Chair: Maurice Schiff, Lead Economist, DECRG |
| 11:10-11:30 a.m. | Intra-household models of the impact of remittances on consumption patterns: Evidence from Ghana. Andrew Morrison, Lead Economist, PRMGE
Paper (PDF 196KB)
MS PowerPoint (359KB) |
| 11:30-11:50 a.m. | Gender-specific determinants of remittances: Differences in structure and motivation. Manuel Orozco, Visiting Scholar, ISIM, Georgetown University Paper (PDF 123KB)Â
MS PowerPoint (179KB) |
| 11:50-12:05 p.m. | Comments
Discussant: Pierella Paci, Lead Economist, PRMPR |
| 12:05-12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
Session 3: Future trends in female migration
Chair: Mustapha K. Nabli, Chief Economist, MNSED |
| 1:30-1:50 p.m.  | Gender and the determinants of international migration from rural Mexico over time. J. Edward Taylor, Professor, University of California at Davis
Paper (PDF 192KB)
MS PowerPoint(PDF 1300KB) |
| 1:50-2:10 p.m.  | Gender and Migration: The impact of aging in OECD countries on international nursing migration. B. Lindsay Lowell, Director of Policy Studies, ISIM, Georgetown University
Paper (PDF 1342KB)
MS PowerPoint(190KB) |
| 2:10-2:25 p.m. | Comments
Discussant: Çaglar Özden, Economist, DECRG MS PowerPoint |
| 2:25-2:50 p.m | Discussion |
| 2:50-3:10 p.m. | Coffee/tea |
Session 4: Panel Discussion
Moderator: Ernesto May, Sector Director for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management in Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank |
| 3:10-4:00 p.m.  | Policy Implications for receiving and sending countries Panelists:
Susan F. Martin, Professor and Director, ISIM, Georgetown University
Hania Zlotnik, Dir ector of the Population Division, DESA of the UN MS PowerPoint (430KB)
Jan O. Karlsson, former Co-Chair Global Commission on International Migration
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| 4:00 p.m.   | Closing Remarks. Mayra Buvinic, Director, PRMGE |
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