Training Events & Materials
The Migration and Development Thematic Group periodically organizes seminars, workshops, brown-bag lunches (BBLs), and training events. The announcements, presentations and papers presented at the events are archived here. Please click on the name of the event to access these materials (Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them).
Please note that the presentations are usually designed not to stand alone, but to be accompanied by the speaker's lecture. In addition, many presentations are made on work that is still being revised and the versions of the papers shown may not be finalized.
Date Event Presenters December 6 Labor Market Impacts of Migration in Developing Countries: The Case of Thailand John Bryant and Pungpond Rukumnuaykit (IPSR, Mahidol University, Thailand) November 15 Tracking Informal Sector Remittances in Malaysia-Indonesia Remittance Corridor Gillian Brown (EASSO) and Raul Hernandez (FDFI) October 25 A Gendered Assessment of The Brain Drain Frederic Docquier (DECRG) October 11 Temporary Migration Programs: Successes and Challenges in The Pacific Islands Manjula Luthria (EASPR) September 13 Surveying Migrants Households: A Comparison of Different Methods from the Brazil-Nikkei Survey David McKenzie (DECRG) June 14 Special Interest Groups and Immigration Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University) and Prachi Mishra (FMI) May 23-24 Migration and Development Conference (Webcast)World Bank, OECD Development Centre, Migration Policy Institute May 23-24 Migration and Development Conference World Bank, OECD Development Centre, Migration Policy Institute May 3 Seasonal Migration and Agriculture in Vietnam Alan de Brauw (International Food Policy Research Institute) April 12 Shocks, Migration and Childrens' Vulnerability in Nicaragua Karen Marcours (SAIS), Renos Vakis (HDNSP), Javier Baez (Maxwell School-Syracuse), Indhira Santos (Harvard) March 15 Operationalizing Migration Gender Issues: Evidence and Policies Andrew Morrison (PRMGE) and Mirja Sjöblom (DECRG) March 1 Remittances and Financial Development in Somalia Sibel Kulaksiz (AFTP2) and Samuel Munzele Maibo (AFTFS) February 15 Measuring Migration: Best Practices in Census and Survey Instruments Gero Carletto (DECRG) January 25 Remittances, Labor Supply and Policy Options for Jamaica Maurizio Bussolo (DECPG) January 11 Migration and Brain Drain: Recent Facts and HD Policy Implications Çaglar Özden (DECRG)
Date Event Presenters December 7 The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Nepal Misha Lokshin (DECRG) November 30 Remittances and Competitiveness: Evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe J. Humberto Lopez (LCRCE) and Bryce Ramsey Quilin (ECAVP) October 19 Leveraging Remittances for International Capital Market Access in Poor Countries: Recent Country Cases Dilip Ratha (DECPG) September 21 Migration, Remittances, and Human Capital David McKenzie (DECRG) April 26 Who Benefits from Migration? Dominique Gross (Simon Fraser University), Gordon Hanson (University of California), Guillermina Jasso (New York University), Alan Winters (World Bank, DEC) April 25 The Impact of International Migration and Remittances Ralph Chami (IMF), Uri Dadush (World Bank, DEC), Riccardo Faini (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Yaw Nyarko (New York University)
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