Asia & Oceania
Documents relating to the Asia & Oceania regions.
- Invited in or kept out
- Discussion paper for the civil society programme workshop on the place and value of civil society in building institutional coherence and partnerships in migration and development.
- Irregular migration and some negative consequences for development: Asia
- The objective of this paper is to address the four types of irregular mobility mentioned above, resulting from (i) trafficking and smuggling, (ii) over-stay, (iii) visa-trading, and (iv) running away from employer. It provides estimates of irregular migrants in each situation, discusses the policies of selected sending and receiving countries for each type, and examines the possible development impacts of each.
- Best practices in fostering migration opportunities: Do they work?
- This paper identifies some of the Philippines’ best practices in managing migration and the benefits derived therefrom. The paper also delves into important issues concerning the state of governmental support to upholding workers’ rights and welfare, adequacy of social insurance and cost - reducing remittance mechanisms.
- Best practice in temporary labour migration for development: A perspective from Asia and the Pacific
- A working paper for the 2008 GFMD on labour migration and its role in development in Asia.
- Enhancing benefits and reducing costs: Experiences and perspectives from the Philippines
- Working paper for the GFMD highlighting the migration policies of the Philippines, whose framework is often proposed as an effective model to other countries of origin.
- OFW helpline featured at migration fair in Brussels
- Texting helpline for overseas Filipino workers showcased at the first “Migration for Development Knowledge Fair” in Belgium.
- Can we ever turn a remittance-driven economy around?
- Rethinking economic development schema to promote dignified alternatives and lessen government dependencies on remittances.
