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Mainstreaming Migration In Development Agendas: South Asia, Piyasiri Wickramasekara
Mainstreaming Migration In Development Agendas: South Asia, Piyasiri Wickramasekara
PIYASIRI WICKRAMASEKARA
The presentation addresses the issue of mainstreaming labour migration into development agendas of South Asian countries. Starting with definitions, it identifies tools which can be used for mainstreaming: national development plans, PRSPs, national labour migration policies, and sectoral policies, among others. It reviews the role of remittances, return migration and diaspora engagement as mechanisms for mainstreaming. It raises some contradictions and ambiguities in the regional and international discourse on the issue. finally it raises the role of migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.