Migration Policy Practice, Vol I, Number 1, October–November 2011
- Document number
- 2874
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Migration Policy Practice, Vol I, Number 1, October–November 2011
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Media/News,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- This first issue of Migration Policy Practice includes seven articles by policymakers in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. The first three articles, by Mark Cully (Chief Economist at the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship), Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra and Elina Scheja (The World Bank) and Charles Harns (Director of the Migration Research and Training Centre in the Republic of Korea), discuss a range of topical policy issues such as Australia's recent reforms to its skilled selection migration policies; current models and issues in technical 1 Solon Ardittis is Managing Director of Eurasylum Ltd and Frank Laczko is Head of the Migration Research Division at IOM Headquarters. They are co-editors of Migration Policy Practice. cooperation with government agencies on migration policy; and recent evidence on the impact of migration on economic and social development. They all provide valuable data and suggestions for methodological and policy improvements in the conduct of various types of migration policy. The four remaining articles, by Niels Keijzer and Henrike Klavert (European Centre for Development Management), Chris Hedges (UK Border Agency), Laura Chappell, Orlando Salazaar-Ruiz and Frank Laczko (IOM) and Ann Pawliczko (UNFPA), all discuss different aspects of migration policy evaluation. This includes the evaluation of EU-funded projects on integration; current approaches to the evaluation of migration and development projects; the experience of the Global Migration Group in conducting impact assessments of international migration projects; and innovative methods for evaluations (and evaluators) to inform the various stages of EU policymaking in the area of migration.
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