Monday, 03 December 2012 - 10:00am

Overview

The Population Division of the 51�Թ� Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized an expert group meeting on challenges and opportunities of international migration for development in the Arab region. The meeting was held at the 51�Թ� in New York on 3 December 2012.

The meeting brought together experts on the demographic aspects of internal and international migration and their relevance for development. The meeting was held in preparation for the forty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development which would focus on this topic in April 2013.

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Organization of work

Monday, 3 December 2012
09:00 - 09:10	Opening Francesca Perucci, Population Division, DESA. Welcome and opening remarks
09:10 - 09:30	Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex. Keynote address: Global migration: Demographic aspects and its relevance for development
09:30 - 09:50	Panel I. International migration Chair: Bela Hovy, Population Division, DESA Philippe Fargues, European University Institute, Florence. Demographic change, migration and development: Recent trends in Western Asia and Northern Africa
09:50 - 10:10	Michael White, Brown University. The demographic impact of migration: Evidence from Africa
10:10 - 10:30	Mary Kritz, Cornell University. Globalization of higher education and international student mobility
10:30 - 11:00	Discussion
11:20 -11:40	Panel II. Internal migration Chair: Jorge Bravo, Population Division, DESA Zai Liang, State University of New York, Albany. Recent migration trends in China: Geographic and demographic aspects and development implications
11:40 - 12:00	Mark Montgomery, State University of New York, Stony Brook and Population Council. Girls on the move: Urban mobility of adolescent girls in less developed countries and policy implications
12:00 - 12:30	Discussion
12:30 - 13:00	Closing Barney Cohen, Population Division, DESA: Concluding remarks and closing