MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 1° YearCredit Value: 6
Scientific field: SPS/04 - Political science
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
ENGLISH VERSION
Detailed Course Content
During the course students will be asked to prepare Power Point Presentations and one final short paper
A Brief History of Economic Development and introduction to Sustainable Development
- The age of modern growth
- Why some countries developed
- Present inequalities
- Limits to growth and Planet Boundaries
- Climate Change
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Sevelopment Goals (SDGs)
A Brief History of Development Aid
- Evolution
- Aid and its discontents
- Actors in development Aid: Governments, Non-governmental Organizations, Foundations, private sector
Migration and Economic Development
- Highlights, facts
- Remittances
- Regional corridors
- Push and pull factors
- Migration hump
- Migration bands
- Impact of remittances and migration on the economy of sending and receiving countries
- Political issues in Migration
Migrants’ Integration Issues, Co-development (how to promote migrants role in the development of their countries of origin)
- Origin of the concept
- The Migration for Development Programme of the International Organization for Development
- Trés por Uno (Mexico experience)
- The Italian experience, MIDA (Migration for Development Africa)
- Issues in co-development, the case of Mali
Circular and Return Migration: an Introduction
- Concepts
- Seasonal schemes
Co-development: case studies
- How to diminish the cost of sending money home
- Financial inclusion and education,
- The importance of communication on migration issues at home and in the receiving countries
- Community projects, migrants as entrepreneurs at home
Circular migration: OECD National experiences in promoting circular, return migration, seasonal/temporary migration schemes
- Canada
- USA
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Australia
- New Zealand
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Germany
Summing up: Issues on Migration at Country level
- Country studies:
- Issues (land, credit, etc)
Readings: 14 country studies (20-30 pages each) will be provided. Students may choose one and simply report on the main issues described in the report
Environmental migration : Causes of environmental migration, institutional and legal issues
- Environmental issues and Environmental Migration in the Mediterranean and Middle East Region
- Environmental issues and Environmental Migration in Africa
- Environmental issues and Environmental Migration in the Asia-Pacific region
- Environmental issues and Environmental Migration in Latin America
- Definition of climate-environmental refugee (Geneva Convention, etc). Number of displaced people. Is there protection of environmental migrants- displaced persons? Issues and examples
Social remittances
- Definition
- Issues
- Examples
Readmissions Agreements (voluntary return, forced return , development aid packages to promote return)
- Main issues
- European policies
- Examples of Readmissions Agreements
- Political/economic/financial issues
Trafficking and smuggling of people
- Main issues
- European policies
- The economics of trafficking and smuggling
- Political issues
Environmental and Economic Migration and the Theories of International relations: Realism, Liberal Institutionalism and Constructivism.
- Where is migration in the Climate Change Agreements? UNFCCC governance and legal framework in responding to ‘climate change induced displacement, migration and planned relocation?
- Interpretation of COP according to the Realists Theory of International Relations
- Interpretation according to the Institutional Theory
- Interpretation according to the Constructivist Theory
International Action on Migration:
- La Valletta
- Migration Compact
- UN
Actors in Migration:
- IOM
- UNHCR
- UNODC
- IFAD
- WB
- Medecins Sans frontiers
- Oxfam
- Other International non Governmental Organizations
- FAO
- Other
How to get a job in Humanitarian aid?
- Should one study International Development, Public Health, Environmental studies, or Political Science, Media, Languages, etc?
- An illustration of the myriad of careers and specialism available within the sector and of the pros and cons of each option
Career development Work in a UN Organization:
- Type of jobs:
- Resource mobilization (with public sector)
- Resource mobilization (individual)
- Partnerships with private sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
- Professional skills required
- Practical examples of work, students analysis of partnerships with corporations, screening of potential private sector partners for a UN organization, national and international NGOs
- Readings:
Agreements between UN and corporations, INGO, NGOs, will be provided for students’ analysis
Career development
- Interviews simulations with students
Final papers on Migration and Development (6-10 pages) will be presented by students
Textbook Information
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Readings- Mandatory From the web:
- MIGRATION IN THE 2030 AGENDA - IOM Page 1- 36. Page 101-116
- Martin: The Global Challenge of Managing Migration, 2013.
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Mandatory, to be distributed
- Migration and Development, Hot Topics and Recommendations for National and International Action, Manola Sorg, GLOPEM 2017
- Co-managing Economic Migration Flows and Promoting the Investment of Remittances for Development - Policy Tools Available to Development Agencies, European Institutions, Governments Maurizio Malogioglio, GLOPEM 2018
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Additional readings, Not mandatory, but essential for deeper understanding
- World Migration Report 2015-2016-2017-2018. Can be downloaded from the site of the International Organization for Migration
- STUDY THE IMPACTS OF REMITTANCES ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL POLICIES OF THE UNION, DIRECTORATE B POLICY DEPARTMENT
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Further Readings (31 pages):
- Environmental change and migration: What we know. Susan Martin
- European Commission, Migration in response to environmental change September 2015, Issue 51
- Migration and the Environment. Jason Bremner and Lori M. Hunter
- Recommendations from the Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (November 2015)
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Readings on this subject may be found at the portal below: