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Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development ( KNOMAD ) www.knomad.org Contact: Dilip Ratha World Bank Washington DC dratha@worldbank.org. Migration affects development. Development also affects migration.
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Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) www.knomad.org Contact: DilipRatha World Bank Washington DC dratha@worldbank.org
Interactions between migration and development are complex, and multi-dimensional
Rationale for KNOMAD Vast knowledge not always accessible to policy makers Knowledge spread out over many disciplines There are information and knowledge gaps in many key areas of migration and development
KNOMAD Open, inclusive, multidisciplinary knowledge partnership To generate a menu of policy choices, based on analytical evidence and quality control through peer-review A global public good that is also a learning process
Structure Twelve thematic working groups supported by a small secretariat Advisory committee Contractual as well as voluntary contributions Multi-donor trust fund at the World Bank
Data • Lower-skilled labor migration • Migration and security • Internal migration • High-skilled labor migration • Environmental change and migration • Integration issues in host communities • KNOMAD Thematic Working Groups • Mobilizing other diaspora resources • Demography and migration • Policy and institutional coherence • Migrant rights and social aspects • Remittances
Thematic Working Groups Data High-skilled labor migration Low-killed labor migration Integration issues in host communities Policy and institutional coherence Migration, security and development Migrant rights and social aspects of migration Demography and migration Remittances, incl. access to finance and capital markets Mobilizing diasporaresources Environmental change and migration Internal migration and urbanization
Cross-cutting themes Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Capacity Building Gender Public perception and communication?
Partnerships International and regional agencies Universities and research institutions Think tanks International Initiatives Networks Civil Society
Outputs A menu of policy choices Analytical research products Policy briefs Operational toolkits, fact books Web-based anthologies, archives, blogs Few pilot projects and capacity building activities
Time line Inception phase (ending March 2013) Implementation phase (April 2013-Dec 2017) Evaluation – 2016 Pilot projects – 2016-17 Exit
Be a partner of KNOMAD Participate in one or more of the 12 thematic working groups Collaborate on research with KNOMAD team of experts Raise visibility of your research and influence policy Contribute papers to the KNOMAD process for publication as policy briefs, journal articles or book chapters
International logo competition $2.500 prize Closing date January 15, 2013 To submit, email dratha@worldbank.org Visit www.knomad.org
We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time TS Eliot