| Description: | This note reviews the motivations behind (a) international migration; (b) recent international migration trends and their impacts on development; (c) national experiences; and (d) various policies that countries have implemented to maximize the positive development impacts of international migration, particularly those aimed at strengthening diaspora networks and their capacity to deliver enhanced development benefits in both sending and receiving countries. Attention is also focussed on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on migrants and on migration’s positive trade, investment and development impacts, including remittance flows to developing countries. |