 MigrationIrena Omelaniuk Chapter 17 in Handbook of Globalisation and Development, 2017, pp 289-311 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: Migration is a defining feature of globalisation and development, both within and across borders. The world is highly mobile, with more than 1 billion persons estimated to be living outside their country or region of origin. Alongside trade and finance, migration contributes to local and global development, its aggregate financial gains far exceeding official development aid. Yet there is no comparable free movement of labour. Migration raises new questions about globalisation, such as how to reconcile domestic immigration laws with global market forces, how to protect transient global workers, adapt local skills development to global labour needs and manage mass displacements owing to climate change and crises. These are pressing challenges for governance and international cooperation which, if neglected, place migrants and their families at risk, damage the credibility of migration and reduce the gains of globalisation. Yet migration is not regulated or coordinated globally, and the international system around migration remains fragmented and slow to cohere around these challenges. Is it time to revisit a global migration governance regime? Who would or could enforce it? Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:15966_17 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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