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Migration and Development Policy potentials and policy illusions Hein de Haas International Migration Institute Department of International Development University of Oxford [email protected]

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Page 1: Migration and Development Policy potentials and policy illusions Hein de Haas International Migration Institute Department of International Development.

Migration and DevelopmentPolicy potentials and policy illusions

Hein de Haas

International Migration Institute

Department of International Development

University of Oxford

[email protected]

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*Kapur 2003

Migration the new development mantra?

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The migration and development pendulum

Optimistic vs. pessimistic views

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Migration and development

Migration pessimists

Dependency theory

Disintegration / uprooting

Net South-North transfer

Brain drain

More inequality

Remittance consumption

Dependency

Divergence

More migration

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Migration and development

Migration pessimists Migration optimists

Dependency theory ↔ Neoclassical theory

Disintegration / uprooting ↔ Modernization

Net South-North transfer ↔ Net South-North transfer

Brain drain ↔ Brain gain

More inequality ↔ Less inequality

Remittance consumption ↔ Remittance investment

Dependency ↔ Development

Divergence ↔ Convergence

More migration ↔ Less migration

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Migration and DevelopmentPolicy potentials and policy illusions

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Migration and DevelopmentPolicy potentials and policy illusions

Hein de Haas

International Migration Institute

Department of International Development

University of Oxford

[email protected]

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Migration transitions

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aper, University of O

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Relation between development and migration

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