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CGD and RI Launch New Initiative to Expand Formal Labor Market Access for Refugees
Cindy Huang
and
Jimmy Graham
June 20, 2019
On World Refugee Day this year, we are excited to note recent successes—in particular, the expansion of formal labor market access (FLMA) for refugees.

Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP): Helping Connect International Labor Markets
Rebekah Smith
April 25, 2019
If more legal channels for labor mobility were opened,  the incomes of developing country citizens could increase fourfold while global GDP could as much as double. These potential gains make labor mobility one of the most powerful tools for poverty alleviation currently on the current developm...
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Measuring the Spatial Misallocation of Labor: The Returns to India-Gulf Guest Work in a Natural Experiment - Working Paper 501
Michael Clemens
January 31, 2019
‘Guest workers’ earn higher wages overseas on temporary low-skill employment visas. This wage gap can be used to measure gaps in the productivity of workers due to where they are, not who they are. This paper estimates the effects of guest work on Indian applicants to a construction job ...
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10 Steps to Implementing the Global Compact for Migration through Global Skill Partnerships
Michael Clemens
and
Kate Gough
December 06, 2018
With proper design, Global Skill Partnerships offer governments a new tool—alongside the old, unilateral tools—to maximize the benefits of migration.