Immigration

More from the Series

Blog Post
The Global Compact Negotiations Have Started. What’s On the Docket for the Next Five Months?
Kate Gough
March 05, 2018
A small community around the world is building better ways to regulate migration. The Global Compact on Migration is not making headlines, but its effects will certainly ripple around the world and throughout this century.
BRIEFS
Can Development Assistance Deter Emigration?
Michael Clemens
and
Hannah Postel
February 12, 2018
As waves of migrants have crossed the Mediterranean and the US Southwest border, development agencies have received a de facto mandate: to deter migration from poor countries. Will it work? Here we review the evidence on whether foreign aid has been directed toward these “root causes” in...
POLICY PAPERS
Deterring Emigration with Foreign Aid: An Overview of Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Michael Clemens
and
Hannah Postel
February 12, 2018
In response to the recent migrant and refugee crisis, rich countries have redoubled policy efforts to deter future immigration from poor countries by addressing the “root causes” of migration. We review existing evidence on the extent and effectiveness of such efforts.
Blog Post
How the Trump Administration’s Plan Would Shape the Composition of Immigration: First Numerical Estimates
Michael Clemens
and
Jimmy Graham
January 30, 2018
As the US Administration presses for the most extensive revision to immigration law since 1965, with the largest cuts to legal immigration since 1924 in the proposed “Securing America’s Future Act,” a new CGD analysis quantifies for the first time how the proposed cu...
Blog Post
Tackling Migration and Driving Development Through Innovation and Partnerships
Kate Gough
December 15, 2017
Countries have seized a window of opportunity to address migration realities now and in the future—and next year is crunch time. An ambitious, non-binding process (political, not legal), the Global Compact marks an opportunity for states to commit to new, fresh thinking and renewed assura...
SPEECHES
The Need for a Bilateral Labor Agreement Between the US and Mexico, and the Responsibility for Leadership
Michael Clemens
December 04, 2017
From his keynote speech in Mexico City, Michael Clemens writes: Mexico and the United States need a bilateral agreement to regulate the labor migration flows between these two neighboring countries. They have needed such an agreement my entire life.
Blog Post
Next Week There Is a Chance to Shape Global Migration This Century. Here Is One Way to Seize It.
Michael Clemens
December 01, 2017
Migration out of poor countries will continue throughout this century. By wishing otherwise, and devoting all their attention to walling themselves in, politicians will miss a vast opportunity to shape that migration in ways that benefit all parties involved. That window of opportunity is open ...