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Blog Post
May 24, 2022
This is one in a series of blog posts exploring the issues refugees and forced migrants face in accessing jobs and economic inclusion within hosting countries. Each post is authored with local experts and provides a snapshot of the barriers refugees face and the policy priorities going forward.
May
20
2022
9:00—11:00 AM EDT
May 16, 2022
The #LetThemWork Initiative Workshop has been organized as a platform to discuss and enhance the policy advocacy on possible public policy reviews to inform local action towards economic inclusion for refugees and forcibly displaced persons. The global private sector workshop will also create a plat...
POLICY PAPERS
May 09, 2022
Countries throughout Asia are experiencing rapidly aging populations and increasing life expectancy, leading to a large and growing demand for long-term care (LTC) services. Despite the shift to providing care within communities and at home, governments are struggling to provide enough LTC to meet d...
Blog Post
May 09, 2022
Long-term care workers have, in many countries, become the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian region is no different. As the region grapples with an increasingly aging population, the pandemic has prompted new policies that aim to support long-term care workers, particularly migrants, in suppo...
May
5
2022
VIRTUAL
10:00—11:30 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 3:00 - 4:30pm British Summer Time (BST)
April 26, 2022
This event, organized by The Right to Not Obey, a project of the Otraparte Corporation and the Center for Global Development (CGD) as part of the "Let them Work" Initiative, will focus on discussing the main challenges faced by Venezuelan migrant women in their process of socioeconomic integration i...
POLICY PAPERS
April 21, 2022
This paper, produced by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the UK office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), outlines lessons for the UK Government to implement if they are to increase the development potential of both their existing and new immigration pathways, particul...
Blog Post
April 21, 2022
Two years ago, the UK rolled out a new Points-Based Immigration System which includes a number of ‘bolt-ons:’ – bespoke schemes that bring ‘medium’ and ‘low’-skill workers, including agricultural workers, truck drivers, and nurses – to help fill the UK’s labour market needs and ensure a functioning ...
Blog Post
April 21, 2022
We look at the challenges facing the older persons’ care sector and explain how to expand care migration in an ethical, sustainable, and mutually beneficial way, to ensure older people get the support they need, and workers are able to access quality jobs and adequate labour protections.