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Remittances

Remittances, usually understood as the money or goods that migrants send back to families and friends in origin countries, are often the most direct and well-known link between migration and development. Remittanc...
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International migration flows

Migration flows data capture the number of migrants entering and leaving (inflow and outflow) a country over the course of a specific period, such as one year (UN SD, 2017). Data on migration flows are essential f...
Migrant Stock UN DESA 2019

International migrant stocks

International migrant stocks are estimates of "the total number of international migrants present in a given country at a particular point in time" (UN SD, 2017: 9). United Nations (UN) data on these sto...

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Leaving no one behind — Disaggregating census data by migration status through IPUMS

The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda calls for United Nations (UN) Member States to “leave no one behind” as they work toward meeting targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To ensure that migrants...
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10 of the coolest visualizations of migration data

The increasingly complex landscape of international migration data requires visual tools that explain migration issues and trends in an easy-to-understand way. Jasper Tjaden, Data and Survey Officer...
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How Blockchain can benefit migration programmes and migrants

Advances in technology often drive changes in how data and information are collected, used and managed. The advent of Blockchain technology, in particular, has impacted various fields; in the field of migration an...
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4 reasons why Data Collaboratives are key to addressing migration 

Migration data are often scattered, hard to access, and sometimes proprietary, limiting policymakers' ability to design well-informed and targeted policies. Stefaan G. Verhulst and Andrew Young o...

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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: The effects of migration data on development

Hein de Haas, Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, shares his views on data, migration and development.  Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this video are those of the intervi...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: How does the UN calculate the number of migrants globally?

Bela Hovy, Chief of the Migration Section at UN DESA, talks to GMDAC about how the United Nations calculates the total number of migrants around the world. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in th...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Using big data to understand migration (part 1)

Ingmar Weber, Research Director at Qatar Computing Research Institute, shares his views on the use of big data to understand migration. This interview took place during the workshop "Big Data and alternative da...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data from population censuses

Sabrina Juran, Technical Specialist for Data and Research at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), shares her views on the benefits and limitations of data from population censuses.
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