OECD - Perspectives on Global Development 2017

Since its initiation in 2010, the OECDDevelopment Centres Perspectives on Global Development serieshas investigated the increasing economic weight of developing countries in the world economy, aphenomenon we refer to as shifting wealth. Each edition has examined the effect of this trend ondevelopment, focusing on different policy concerns, from social cohesion (2012) and industrialpolicy (2013) to productivity and the middle-income trap (2014).

This edition of Perspectiveson Global Development focuses on the issue of international migration anddevelopment in the context of shifting wealth. The report builds on a growing body of researchcarried out by the Development Centre that looks at the drivers and impacts of migration indeveloping countries, South-South migration, and the interrelations between public policies,migration and development.

The main purpose of this report is toenrich the debate on migration and development by:

• highlighting the main trends anddrivers of international migration;

• analysing the impact of migration ondeveloping countries of origin and destination;

• discussing illustrative potentialscenarios on the future of migration;

• making recommendations to governmentsin origin and destination countries, as well as to the international community, about policies thatcould help to improve the contribution of migration to development.

The 2017 edition of the OECDs Perspectives on Global Development was prepared by the OECD Development Centre under thedirection of Mario Pezzini, Director. The team was led by Carl Dahlman, Head of the ThematicDivision, and David Khoudour, Head of the Migration and Skills Unit. The report was drafted by LisaAndersson, Amandine Aubry, Martha Baxter, Marcus Bhme, Hannah Bull, Carl Dahlman, Jason Gagnon,Shinyoung Jeon, David Khoudour, Sarah Kups, Hyeshin Park and Martin Wermelinger. Significant inputsto the chapters were provided by Amy Hong, Bram Dekker, Galle Ferrant, Nina Galanska, Sam Mealy,Joanne Tang and Alejandra Urrea. Statistical assistance was provided by Vararat Atisophon andadministrative support by Myriam Andrieux. The report was edited by Meg Bortin and Stephen Jesseland the Development Centres publications team, in particular Delphine Grandrieux and ElizabethNash, turned the draft into a publication. Jill Gaston proof-read the report. Aida Buendia designedthe cover.

The authors are thankful to the speakers of the two expertsmeetings and scenarios workshops that were organised for the preparation of the report : RolandoAvendano (OECD), Michel Beine (University of Luxembourg), Richard Black (SOAS University of London),Simon Buckle (OECD), Lisa Chauvet (DIAL/IRD), Michael Clemens (Center for Global Development), JeffDayton-Johnson (MIIS), Jean-Christophe Dumont (OECD), Ambassador Pierre Duquesne (OECD), GiovanniFacchini (University of Nottingham), Douglas Frantz (OECD), Yoshifumi Fukunaga (RIETI), SarahGammage (ICRW), Franois Gemenne (IDDRI, CEDEM), Flore Gubert (IRD/DIAL), Camilla Hagstroem(European Commission), Nicola Harrington (UN Volunteers), Bela Hovy (UNPD), Dina Ionesco (IOM),Christina Jespersen (UNHCR), Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania), Yevgeny Kuznetsov (WorldBank), Michelle Leighton (ILO), Thomas Liebig (OECD), Ramn Maha (Universidad Autnoma de Madrid),Mathilde Maurel (CNRS, FERDI), Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University), Erik Melander (UppsalaUniversity), Sandrine Mespl-Somps (IRD/DIAL), Jean-Baptiste Meyer(IRD), El Mouhoub Mouhoud(Universit Paris-Dauphine), Rainer Mnz (Hamburg Institute of International Economics), SebastianNieto Parra (OECD), Ceri Oeppen (University of Sussex), aglar zden (World Bank), Natalia Popova (ILO), Lant Pritchett (Harvard Kennedy School),Guna Sankar Ramasamy Kone (Superu), Gabriela Ramos (OECD), Hillel Rapoport (Paris School ofEconomics), Ambassador Mithat Rende (OECD) Ccile Riallant (the Joint Migration and DevelopmentInitiative), Markus Reisle (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), Jan Rielnder (OECD),Indrajit Roy (University of Oxford), Marco Salvi (Avenir Suisse), Rachel Scott (OECD), MelissaSiegel (Maastricht University), Alice Szczepanikova (European Commission), Alessandra Venturini(Migration Policy Center), Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton), Serge Weber (UPEM), AlanWhaites (National School of Government International), Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (CNRS, SciencesPo), Andrew Wyckoff (OECD), Theodora Xenogiani (OECD), Hui Xu (Beijing Normal University), JuanYermo (OECD) and the delegates from the Centres Governing Board. Many thanks to Raphal Beziz(YOUMEO), Deirdre Culley (OECD) and Martin Mayer (YOUMEO) for helping design and moderate thescenario sessions.