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08:30-09:00 |
Registration and coffee |
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09:00-10:30 |
Plenary 1
Chair: Ernest Aryeetey
Welcome: Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER, and Ernest Aryeetey, Secretary General, ARUA
Opening: H.E. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, and Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury, Ambassador of Finland
Keynote: Ingrid Palmary - Global and local influences on policy making: an example of the South African anti-trafficking legislation
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10:30-10:45 |
Break |
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10:45-12:30 |
Parallel 1.1
Conflict, forced migration, and international policy
Chair: Ernest Aryeetey
Shawn Teresa Flanigan
Aiding refugees during South-South migration: examining Syrian diaspora assistance to Syrian forced migrants
Ferruccio Pastore
Migration and the risks of negative extraversion
Nicholas Van Hear
Imagining refugia
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Parallel 1.2
Health and education
Chair: Peter Quartey
James Loon Tuck Ng
Labour migration in Indonesia and the health of children left behind
Marta Bengoa-Calvo
The effect of Hukou registration system on rural-to-urban migrant's health
Maryam Naghsh Nejad
The human capital effects of hosting refugees: evidence from Kagera
Nigussie Abadi Mistru
The impact of remittances on household food security: a micro perspective from Tigray, Ethiopia |
Parallel 1.3
Social cohesion
Chair: Feng Hou
Astghik Mavisakalyan
Forced migration and preferences for refugee assistance in developing countries: the role of perceived disadvantage and integration
Cecilia Navarra
Social networks and labour market outcomes among Senegalese migrants in Europe and Africa
Raul Alberto Jimenez Mori
Eliciting individual preferences for immigrants in the Dominican Republic
Shuxi Yin
Network, mobility, and integration: undocumented African migrants in Guangzhou, China |
Parallel 1.4
Migration within Africa: defining the governance challenge (organized panel)
Conveners: Mariama Awumbila and Benjamin Schraven
Eva Dick
Analytical framework for regional migration governance in Africa: key features, patterns and impacts in the ECOWAS and IGAD regions
Stephen Adaawen
Challenges to regional migration and economic integration in West Africa: the case of Ghana and Nigeria
Papa Sow
Marriage migrations and distributive justice of morals and resources in north-western Benin
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:00 |
Poster session (see listing of all 24 posters)
Chair: Wisdom Akpalu
Discussants: Emmanuel Ayimpusah, Dede Gafa, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Richard Osei-Bofah, Millicent Otopabea Awuku, Bernice Owusu-Brown, Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi |
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14:00-15:45 |
Parallel 2.1
Migration, policy, and governance I
Chair: Finn Tarp
Sofiane Bouhdiba
The pension of the returning retired migrant in the Maghreb: a development factor?
Yuko Hamada
South-to-South Migration in Asia: opportunities, challenges and policy implications
Zaw Oo
Migration in Mon State: Opportunities and challenges for rural development in Myanmar
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Parallel 2.2
Immigrant integration, transnationalism, and societal relations among sub-Saharan African immigrants (organized panel)
Chair: Joseph K. Teye
Geraldine Adiku
‘The saga of the returnee’: return and reintegration experiences of Ghanaian migrants from Libya
Mary Setrana and Justice Kyei
Internal displacement and cross-border movement of Nigerian nationals
Jane Njeri Mwangi
Do sub-Saharan African immigrants transfer social capital acquired in the host country to their forebearers? |
Parallel 2.3
Gender
Chair: Ingrid Palmary
Julie Litchfield
Migrant remittances and gender in Zimbabwe
Anda David
Leaving work behind? The impact of emigration on female labour force participation in Morocco
Vusilizwe Thebe
Migration of men and changes in women’s decision-making roles in former migrant labour societies |
Parallel 2.4
Impacts of displacement on host communities in Rwanda and Tanzania (in collaboration with UNU Migration Network)
Chair: Craig Loschmann
Veronika Fajth
Is local social cohesion influenced by hosting refugees? The case of Congolese refugees in Rwanda
Craig Loschmann
How do host communities adjust labor market activity due to the presence of refugees?
Isabel Cristina Ruiz Olaya
The impact of hosting refugees on the intra-household allocation of tasks
Melissa Siegel
Exploring the effects of refugees on social infrastructure change in Rwanda |
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15:45-16:15 |
Coffee |
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16:15-18:00 |
Parallel 3.1
Environment and natural resources I
Chair: Wisdom Akpalu
Gordon Crawford
South-South labour migration and the impact of the informal China-Ghana gold rush 2008-13
Glenn Sheriff
Labor response to climate variation in East Africa
Linguère Mously Mbaye
Natural disasters and poverty reduction: do remittances matter?
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Parallel 3.2
Remittances and families left behind
Chair: Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
Gift Dafuleya
Migration, income pooling and food deprivation
Louis Boakye-Yiadom
Remittance receipts by Ghana's households: understanding their distribution and the impact on investment in basic education
Eva-Maria Egger
Migration experience, the migration decision and its impact on household welfare: new evidence from rural Ghana
Katharine Hall
Fragmenting the family? The complexity of household migration strategies in post-apartheid South Africa. |
Parallel 3.3
Macro and trade
Chair: Abena Oduro
Dramane Coulibaly
Growth-enhancing effect of openness to trade and migrations: what is the effective transmission channel for Africa?
Mauro Lanati
The impact of foreign aid on migration revisited
Collin Constantine
Remittances, labour supply and the functional income distribution |
Parallel 3.4
Determinants of migration
Chair: Rachel Gisselquist
Anne Marie Duplantier
The internal migration decisions of youth in Ghana
Tobias Stoehr
Searching for a better life: now-casting international migration with online search keywords
Michael Smith
Food insecurity, gender, and international migration intentions
Dennis Wesselbaum
Gone with the wind: international migration |
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18:15 |
Bus to dinner venue |
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19:00 |
Conference dinner |
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