Migration and Development: Achieving Policy Coherence. Examples of working-level policies and practices from Albania, Canada, Guatemala, Italy, The Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK and elsewhere.
- Document number
- 2007
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Migration and Development: Achieving Policy Coherence. Examples of working-level policies and practices from Albania, Canada, Guatemala, Italy, The Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK and elsewhere.
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migration Research Series No 34; Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures,
- Summary
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The paper examines policy coherence from various perspectives. It considers coherence at the institutional level, i.e. at high government level, both in terms of coordination among departments and coherent strategies. Some receiving countries have sought to foster greater institutional coherence by adopting policy frameworks, setting up cross-governmental coordination mechanisms and enhancing analytical capacity. However, progress remains limited, largely due to inherent tensions between the different objectives of departments dealing with migration and development policy, respectively. Sending countries are beginning to recognize the links between migration and development, but these overlaps have yet to be institutionalized and coordination between government departments often needs to be reinforced. Though challenges to coherence at a high institutional level remain, research shows coherence can work from the bottom up through working-level policies and programmes.
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