Migration Is What You Make It: How Policy Choices Shape the Benefits and Costs

Michael Clemens and his panelists discussed the current landscape of migration policy, the Global Compact for Migration, and important policy innovations Member States should draw on as they seek to implement better migration policy. What challenges are countries facing in regular and irregular migration that smart policy choices can effectively tackle, for the mutual benefit of origin and destination countries? They also underscored the idea that there is no inherent effect of migration—it is policy choices that determine whether migration’s effects are positive or negative.

These highlights are from a panel at the 2018 launch event of the new CGD program on Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy. Watch the full event here: https://www.cgdev.org/event/cgd-progr...