Migration

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Blog Post
Introducing an Outcomes-Based Migrant Welfare Fund
Rebekah Smith
and
Richard Johnson
January 16, 2020
Current migration systems encourage migrants to take on debt and service providers to behave poorly, undermining the development impact of labor mobility. We propose a Migrant Welfare Fund that partners with impact investors to pay service providers for outcomes in connecting migrants to jobs, creat...
Blog Post
Four Ways the UK Can Shape Global Health Post-Brexit
Kalipso Chalkidou et al.
January 14, 2020
With a new government in majority and Brexit certainty greater, there is an opportunity for the UK to make a global mark in four areas of global health and development.
BRIEFS
Designing a Medium-Term Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Ideas for Bangladesh, the International Community, and the Private Sector (Brief)
Irene Yuan Sun
and
Cindy Huang
December 13, 2019
The time to act is now. There is a finite window of opportunity to embed medium-term approaches before international attention wanes further and donor fatigue results in even greater funding shortfalls. 
CGD NOTES
Sharing Responsibility for the Rohingya Crisis: What Role Can Labor Mobility Agreements Play?
Mahreen Khan
and
Helen Dempster
December 10, 2019
While the ultimate goal remains safe, voluntary, and dignified repatriation of the refugees back to Myanmar, realistic scenarios for repatriation show significant numbers of Rohingya will remain in Bangladesh for more than 10 years. Consequently, there is growing interest in trying to move beyond th...
BRIEFS
How Business Can Invest in the Future of the Rohingya and Host Community in Bangladesh
Irene Yuan Sun et al.
December 06, 2019
Bangladesh is hosting more than a million Rohingya refugees, and businesses have a critical role to play in improving the situation for them and their Bangladeshi host communities. We have identified four viable areas for business investment and procurement in Cox’s Bazar, the historically und...
REPORTS
Designing a Medium-Term Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Ideas for Bangladesh, the International Community, and the Private Sector
Irene Yuan Sun
and
Cindy Huang
December 05, 2019
While Bangladesh and Myanmar have recently attempted small-scale repatriation, these efforts have failed as refugees refused to go back, fearing for their safety. Conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State continue to deteriorate, and UN agencies have been denied full access to areas of return. Des...
Blog Post
A New Policy to Better Integrate Refugees into Host-Country Labor Markets
Asli Demirguc-Kunt et al.
November 22, 2019
Many actual or potential host countries for refugees face serious challenges in integrating the refugees into the domestic labor markets. A primary concern is resistance from citizens in the host countries. Integrating refugees into host-country labor markets will continue to prove difficult if citi...