Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with … on the emigration of doctors and engineers from developing countries. Others urge incentives to encourage skilled workers … compassionate and political sentiments without clear evidence that the regulations achieve the desired development goals and avoid …

even return home at some time with better human capital. Functioning diasporas can lead to stable factors of development …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among … an effective development policy. …

to a limited degree. Beyond this, successful development in almost all formerly-poor countries has produced an increase … in emigration. Third, this evidence implies that donors could achieve greater impact by leveraging foreign aid not to …

Many people born in low-income countries would like to leave those countries, but barriers prevent their emigration … on the effects of emigration. Barriers to emigration, he writes, deserve a research priority that is commensurate with …

Conditional Cash Transfers are increasingly used by development aid agencies to reduce the incentives for migration …

development. It is misdirected because, as we show, the stringency of the List bears an erratic and even counterproductive … relationship to the development level of the targeted countries. The List is also opaque: there have been no public estimates of …, balancing the national interest with evidence-based support for overseas development. …

’s development policy. Without appropriate policy responses, BC fade the developing country growth prospects away. In order to …