Population Division - 2005

Expert group meeting on international migration and development

MSTOCKTO — Fri, 03 May 2019 18:25:00 +0000

Wednesday, 06 July 2005 - 10:00am to Friday, 08 July 2005 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Expert Group Meeting is intended to provide a forum for the substantive exploration of key aspects of international migration and development, with the aim of seeking concrete ways to realize the benefits that international migration can have for development.

Among the aspects considered by participants, the meeting will focus on the economic impacts of international migration, the increasing relevance of skilled migration, the development effects of migrant remittances, and the management of migration flows. The migration experience of selected countries in different world regions will be also reviewed.

Documents

Background papers

Population Division/DESA. International migration trends, 1960-2000
Population Division/DESA. International migration policies: an overview

Organization of work

Wednesday, 6 July 2005

9:30 — 13:00

I. Opening of the meeting

II. Overview

a. Marta Roig, United Nations Population Division. Levels and trends of international migration
b. Victor Gaigbe-Togbe, United Nations Population Division. International migration policies

III. Country perspectives I

a. Yasushi Iguchi, Kwansei Gakuin University. Possibilities and limitations of Japanese migration policy in the context of economic partnership in East Asia
b. Carunia M. Firdausy, Indonesian Institute of Science. Trends, issues and politics towards international labour migration: an Indonesian case stud

15:00 — 18:00

IV. Development impacts of remittances

a. Anne Harrison, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Challenges of estimating the distribution of remittances among migrant sending countries
b. Pedro Vasconcelos, Inter-American Development Bank. Improving the development impact of remittances
c. Jorge Mora Rivera, El Colegio de Mexico. The impact of migration and remittances on distribution and sources income: The Mexican rural case

Thursday, 7 July 2005

10:00 — 13:00

V. Skilled migration

a. Jean-Christophe Dumont and George Lemaitre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Counting immigrants and expatriates in OECD countries: A new perspective
b. Barry Chiswick, University of Illinois. Highly skilled immigrants in the United States labour market
c. Philip Martin, University of California, Davis. Managing labour migration: Professionals, guest workers and recruiters
d. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University. Policies and regulations for managing skilled international migration for work

15:00 — 18:00

VI. Country perspectives II

a. Vincent Williams and Jonathan Crush, Southern African Migration Project International migration and development: Dynamics and challenges in South and Southern Africa
b. Leonid Rybakovskiy and Sergei Riazantsev, Institute for Socio-political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. International migration in the Russian Federation
c. Pawel Kaczmarczyk and Marek Okólski, Warsaw University. International migration in Central and Eastern Europe: Current and future trends
d. Jorge Martinez Pizarro, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. International migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

Friday, 8 July 2005

10:00 — 13:00

VII. Economic impacts of international migration

a. Riccardo Faini, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Some economic aspects of international migration
b. Mark Rosenzweig, Harvard University. Consequences of migration for developing countries

VIII. Demographic impacts of international migration

Philippe Fargues, European University Institute. The global demographic benefit of international migration: A hypothesis and an application to Middle Eastern and North African contexts

15:00 –18:00

IX. Migration flows and their management

a. To be announced, European Union, The European Union’s approach to the management of migration
b. Michele Klein Solomon, International Organization for Migration. Consultative processes at the regional and international levels
c. Irena Omelaniuk, World Bank. Trafficking in human beings

X. Summary and conclusions

Presentations

Philip Martin. Managing labor migration in the 21st century
Carunia Mulya Firdausy. Size, nature, issues and policies of international migration from Indonesia to Asia
B. Lindsay Lowell. Policies and regulations for managing skilled international migration for work
Jonathan Crush and Vincent Williams. International migration and development: Dynamics and challenges in South and Southern Africa
José Jorge Mora Rivera. The impact of migration and remittances on distribution and sources income: The Mexican rural case

Yasushi Iguchi. Possibilities and limitations of Japanese migration policy in the context of economic partnership in East Asia
Mark R. Rosenzweig. Consequences of migration for developing countries
Jean-Christophe Dumont. International mobility of the highly skilled: A new perspective and policy options
Pedro de Vasconcelos. Sending money home: Remittances as a development tool in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leonid Rybakovsky and Sergey Ryazantsev. International Migration in the Russian Federation
Pawel Kaczmarczyk and Marek Okólski. International Migration in Central and Eastern Europe: Current and future trends
Michele Klein Solomon. International migration management through inter-state consultation mechanisms
Jorge Martínez Pizarro. International migration in Latin America and the Caribbean: A summary view of trends and patterns
Irena Omelaniuk. Trafficking in Persons

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Expert group meeting on social and economic implication of changing population age structures

MSTOCKTO — Fri, 03 May 2019 18:22:00 +0000

Wednesday, 31 August 2005 - 10:00am to Friday, 02 September 2005 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO) of Mexico and with the support of the National Institute of Aging (NIA) of the United States, organized an expert group meeting on the social and economic implications of changing population age structures. The meeting took place in Mexico City from 31 August to 2 September 2005.

The meeting focused on four main topics: (i) the “demographic dividend” produced when the proportion of the population in the working ages rises during the course of the demographic transition; (ii) intergenerational transfers in the context of changing age structures; (iii) the macro-economic effects of population ageing, including on social security; and (iv) the impact of ageing on the health system.

In addition to discussing global trends and policies, experts focused on the demographic situation and policy responses to changing population age structures in a range of countries, including Mexico as well as several other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, China, Hungary, Japan, the Republic of Korea and South Africa. Experts also considered the results of several recent studies examining evolving attitudes and practices with regard to intergenerational support in Europe and South-eastern Asia.

Documents

Objectives
Agenda and Organization of work (English, Spanish)
List of participants
List of papers
Report
Executive summary

Organization of work

Wednesday, 31 August 2005
	I. Opening of the meeting II. World population ageing III. The demographic dividend
Thursday, 1 September 2005
	IV. Macro effects of population ageing, including social security V. Macro-economic effects of longer life, and impact of age structural changes on the health system
Friday, 2 September 2005
	VI. Focus on Mexico: transformations in demographic structure, intergenerational relations and policy responses VII. Intergenerational transfers in the context of age structural changes VIII. Summary and conclusions IX. Closing of the meeting

Contributed Papers

United Nations Population Division. The diversity of changing population age structures in the world (UN/POP/PD/2005/1)
Andrew Mason. Demographic transition and demographic dividends in developed and developing countries (text, tables) (UN/POP/PD/2005/2)
Cassio Turra. Before it´s too late: demographic transition, labor supply, and social security problems in Brazil (text, tables) (UN/PP/PD/2005/3)
Hanam Phang. Demographic dividend and labour force transformations in Asia: the case of Korea (UN/POP/PD/2005/4)
Feng Wang. Demographic dividend and prospects for economic development in China (text, tables) (UN/POP/PD/2005/5)
Roland Sigg. A global overview on Social Security in the age of longevity (UN/POP/PD/2005/6)
Fabio Bertranou. Population ageing and social protection systems in Latin America (UN/POP/PD/2005/7)
Roberto Ham. Pressing needs, economic risks and social hurdles for the overhauling of pensions systems (UN/POP/PD/2005/8)
Naohiro Ogawa. The role of older persons' changing health and wealth in an ageing society: the case of Japan (UN/POP/PD/2005/9)
Etelka Daroczi. Ageing and health in transition countries of Europe: the case of Hungary (UN/POP/PD/2005/10)
Felicia Knaul. Health impact of population ageing in Latin America with focus on Mexico (UN/POP/PD/2005/11)
Mary McEniry. The elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN/POP/PD/2005/12)
Alberto Valencia. Social security and population ageing in Mexico: analysis of the individual account retirement pension system (UN/POP/PD/2005/14)
Virgilio Partida. Demographic transition, demographic bonus and ageing in Mexico (text, figures) (UN/POP/PD/2005/16)
Gunhild Hagestad. Micro and macro perspectives of intergenerational relations and transfers in Europe (UN/POP/PD/2005/17)
Jorge Bravo. Intergenerational transfers and social protection in Latin America (UN/POP/PD/2005/18)
Angelique Chan. Formal and informal intergenerational support transfer in South-eastern Asia (UN/POP/PD/2005/19)
Robert Huber. Implementing the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing (UN/POP/PD/2005/21)

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Expert group meeting on international migration and development in Latin America and the Caribbean

MSTOCKTO — Fri, 03 May 2019 18:18:00 +0000

Wednesday, 30 November 2005 - 10:00am to Friday, 02 December 2005 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing, in collaboration with the National Population Council (CONAPO) of Mexico and the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean, an Expert Group Meeting on International Migration and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The purpose of the Meeting is to discuss the interrelationships between international migration and development from the perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a view to contribute to a number of United Nations events on International Migration and Development that will be held in 2006, notably the thirty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will have “International Migration and Development” as its special theme; the meeting of the Special Commission on Population and Development at the thirtieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the high-level dialogue on International Migration and Development of the General Assembly of the United Nations to be held at its sixty-first session in 2006. With the support of UNFPA, representatives of Member States in Latin America and the Caribbean will attend the expert group meeting to benefit from the technical discussion of topics they will address in the various United Nations fora in 2006.

Documents

Contributed papers

Alan Simmons, Dwaine Plaza and Victor Piche. The remittance sending practices of Haitians and Jamaicans in Canada (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/01)
Alberto Acosta. El aporte de las remesas para la economia Ecuatoriana (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/02
Elizabeth Cubias y Luis Monzon. La Conferencia Regional sobre Migracion o Proceso Puebla como proceso consultivo regional (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/03
Douglas S. Massey and Maria Aysa. Social capital and international migration from Latin America (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/04)
Nora Perez Vichich. El mercosur y la migración internacional (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/05)
Jorge Gurrieri. El proceso consultivo en America del Sur la conferencia Sudamericana sobre migraciones
(UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/06)
Joao Peixoto. A socio-political view of international migration from Latin America and the Caribbean: the case of Europe (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/07
Patricia R. Pessar. Women, gender, and international migration across and beyond the Americas: inequalities and limited empowerment (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/08
ECLAC, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Migration in the Caribbean-what do we know? An overview of data, policies and programmes at the international and regional levels to address critical issues (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/09)
Caglar Ozden. Brain drain in Latin America (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/10)
Naoto Higuchi. Brazilian migration to Japan - trends, modalities and impact (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/11)
Oscar Chacon. El caso de los Estados Unidos de America (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/12)
Trinidad L. Vicente Torrado. La inmigración latinoamericana en España (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/13)

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Fourth coordination meeting on international migration

MSTOCKTO — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:15:00 +0000

Wednesday, 26 October 2005 - 10:00am to Thursday, 27 October 2005 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Fourth Coordination Meeting on International Migration in response to General Assembly Resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004 on International Migration and Development, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate activities regarding international migration.

The meeting has two main objectives: (a) to discuss the implications of the report of the Global Commission on International Migration and Development and its recommendations for the work on international migration of the United Nations system and for the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration that the General Assembly will conduct during its sixty-first session in 2006; and (b) to share information on recent activities of participant organizations that are most relevant for the High-Level Dialogue or that should be considered in the substantive preparations of the High-Level Dialogue.

Documents

Agenda
Organization of work
List of participants
Report

Organization of work

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

10:00 – 13:00

Morning session

I. Opening of the meeting
II. The Secretary-General’s report on International Migration and Development
III. Report of the Global Commission on International Migration

15:00 – 18:00

Afternoon session

IV. Aspects of international migration and development most relevant for the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
(a) Labour migration
(b) Migration of the highly-skilled
(c) Remittances

Thursday 27 October 2005

10:00 – 13:00

Morning session

V. General discussion of activities relevant for the preparation of the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
VI. Conclusions
VII. Closing of the meeting