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November 9, 2009
The Director of Global Migration & Human Mobility for the MacArthur Foundation discusses the future of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which recently held its third conference in Athens. Listen to the interview »
January 28, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chose the offices of MacArthur grantee the Center for Global Development for a major policy speech in which she declared international development a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy. Visit the Center's website »
BBC World Service,
September 8, 2009
BBC World Service commissioned MacArthur grantee the Migration Policy Institute to study the effects of the global recession on migration to help inform a month-long series. For its report (PDF), MPI gathered and analyzed reports and data from leading researchers and governments around the world to support the news organization’s broadcasts and articles. Read BBC coverage »
International Herald Tribune
September 7, 2009
An opinion-editorial by William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, a MacArthur grantee, encourages policy makers in developing nations to consider the potential of migrant labor in the global economic recovery. Read more »
Global Migration & Human Mobility
May 25, 2009
A MacArthur-funded commission has issued a report stating that better data could be gathered easily and at low cost with a few clear steps, such as simply adding a few questions to each national census. Read more »
Global Migration & Human Mobility, Grantee News, Press Releases
Fall 2008
The movement of people across borders is a fundamental aspect of international and domestic affairs, yet one which has until recently received surprisingly little attention. Read more »
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