The head of our Migration and Development group, Dr. Melissa Siegel, today joined a briefing for government officials at UN Headquarters in New York. She spoke about “migration as a development enabler”, giving particular attention to destination countries. In her presentation Dr. Siegel highlighted: 1) How fragile and developing States can harness migration for development; 2) The importance of policy coherence in linking migration with development; and 3) The need for better and mo...
Have the Millennium Development Goals created an effective global accountability framework? What is Global Social Governance? What could it or should it become post-2015? Focusing on Brazil, Ghana and South Africa, this paper discusses the historical emergence of the MDGs, leading to questions of ownership and responsibilities of both developing and developed countries. The authors ask if the MDGs fully reflect development concepts and how far they have impacted on national policies, and ultimat...