Managing Temporary Migration: Lessons from the Philippine Model Report release with Dovelyn Agunias, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI; F. Javier Díaz de León, Counselor for Migration and Hispanic Affairs, Embassy of Mexico; Carlos D. Sorreta Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Philippines; and Kathleen Newland, Director of the Migrants, Migration and Development Program, MPI. Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Learning By Doing: Experiences of Circular Migration Afternoon briefing with MPI study authors, Kathleen Newland, Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, and Aaron Terrazas, along with respondents Amelie F. Constant, DIW DC, and Jacqueline Mazza, Inter-American Development Bank. September 4, 2008
Changing Dreams: A Generation of Oaxaca's Woodcarvers Book discussion with Shepard Barbash, Author of Changing Dreams: A Generation of Oaxaca's Woodcarvers, and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development Program, MPI. May 12, 2008
The Philippines and the Second Global Forum: Views from the Diaspora Briefing with Dovelyn R. Agunias, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI; Laureen Laglagaron, Policy Analyst, MPI; Domingo Nolasco, Consul-General, Philippine Embassy; Filomenita Mongaya-Hogsholm, editor, In De Olde Worlde: Views of Filipino Migrants in Europe; and Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI’s program on Migrants, Migration, and Development Program. April 14, 2008
The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers and Celebration of César Chávez Day Roundtable discussion with: Irasema Garza, Working America, AFL-CIO; Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice; Rick Nahmias, The Migrant Project; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute. Followed by presentation of the photo exhibit and a reception. Co-sponsored by MPI, Mexico Cultural Institute, Embassy of Mexico, Farmworker Justice, and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation March 31, 2008 The Mexico Cultural Institute
Policies to Manage Migration Breakfast briefing with Georges Lemaitre, International Migration Specialist, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President. February 7, 2008
2007
The Global Race for Talent Afternoon briefing with Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, the British Council; Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Ambassador, the European Union’s Delegation to the United States; John Burgess, Deputy Foreign Editor, The Washington Post; and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President. December 11, 2007
Policy Coherence for Development: Migration and Developing Countries Breakfast Briefing with Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre; Denis Drechsler, Policy Analyst, OECD Development Centre; and Kathleen Newland, Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs, MPI. November 28, 2007
Protecting Temporary Migrant Workers: Policy Solutions from a Developing Country Briefing with Dovelyn Agunias, MPI; Neil G. Ruiz, The Brookings Institution; Florenda A. Herrera, Embassy of the Philippines; David Minsky, Employment Standards Administration, US Department of Labor; and Kathleen Newland, MPI. September 19, 2007 Co-sponsored by MPI and The Brookings Institution
Migration and Development Conference This two-day conference provided the space for a dialogue between the external research and policy community to identify critical areas for interventions that enhance the development impact of migration. This conference made an explicit effort to identify policy areas for increased attention and action from international policy institutions. Cosponsored by The World Bank’s Migration Working Group, the OECD Development Centre, and MPI May 23-24, 2007 The World Bank, Washington, DC
Demographic Trends, Immigration Policy, and Remittances Discussion with Joseph Chamie, Center for Migration Studies; Kathleen Newland, MPI; Manuel Orozco, Inter-American Dialogue; Jeffrey Passel, Pew Hispanic Center; Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI; Donald Terry, The Multilateral Investment Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank; and Hania Zlotnik, Population Division, United Nations. May 16, 2007 Inter-American Development Bank
Circular Migration and Development Breakfast briefing with Willem van Eeghen, Lead Economist for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank; Dovelyn Agunias, Associate Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute; and William Somerville, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute April 18, 2007
Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia Briefing with Tsuneo Akaha, Robert Scalapino, Anna Vassilieva, Hazel Smith, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Taylor Sebolt United States Institute for Peace (Washington, DC) June 24, 2004
Reflections on NAFTA and Migration Briefing with Thomas F. McLarty, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates and former advisor to Presidents Clinton, Bush and Carter, and His Excellency Juan Jose Bremer-Martino, Mexican Ambassador to the United State January 23, 2004
