Sunday, October 20, 2013
Data dearth keeps migration off development agenda
Jan Piotrowski in SciDev.net: A lack of reliable data on how migration impacts development and limited interest from policymakers are sidelining the issue in the discussion on new development agenda, according to a report released ahead of the UN's High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development this week (3-5 October).
With its significant effect on economic, social and environmental conditions, migration must factor in the future sustainable development framework to allow an accurate analysis of a country's situation, says a report published by the International Organization for Migration on 13 September.
More-effective ways of collecting data are needed, although it is weak political will that is the biggest obstacle, says Frank Laczko, head of the organisation's migration research division, and a co-author of the report.
"In the past, migration has not been a sufficient priority in the development community and there is still a lot of hesitancy to integrate migration into national and regional development plans," he tells SciDev.Net.
The report, based on responses to a world poll of 25,000 first-generation immigrants in more than 150 countries, includes information on age, gender, income and skill-set, as well as feelings about their quality of life...
At the Tijuana-San Diego border, shot by Tomas Castelazo, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
With its significant effect on economic, social and environmental conditions, migration must factor in the future sustainable development framework to allow an accurate analysis of a country's situation, says a report published by the International Organization for Migration on 13 September.
More-effective ways of collecting data are needed, although it is weak political will that is the biggest obstacle, says Frank Laczko, head of the organisation's migration research division, and a co-author of the report.
"In the past, migration has not been a sufficient priority in the development community and there is still a lot of hesitancy to integrate migration into national and regional development plans," he tells SciDev.Net.
The report, based on responses to a world poll of 25,000 first-generation immigrants in more than 150 countries, includes information on age, gender, income and skill-set, as well as feelings about their quality of life...
At the Tijuana-San Diego border, shot by Tomas Castelazo, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
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