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Human capital and migration
Under the influence of new theories of growth, human capital has been attributed a much greater role in development processes.
The AFD Research Department has therefore decided to step up its knowledge production on population issues.
A vast call for proposals for research programmes was consequently launched in 2008 with IRD and the Hewlett Foundation on issues of maternal health, reproductive health and migration, and seven research projects were selected.
AFD also works on education issues, with the bulk of its research directed towards defining credible scenarios for mass enrolment in not only primary but also secondary education, in view of the financing challenge that this represents. The Institut de Recherche sur l'Education (IREDU) is AFD’s main academic partner in this field. Educational quality is another priority subject of study owing to the considerable differences observed between national education systems, for example in the number of years of schooling required for permanent acquisition of literacy. AFD is also engaged in exploratory research on higher education, particularly in emerging countries, where the demand for this type of educational provision is likely to explode. An impact assessment has also been launched in partnership with the Paris School of Economics (see Marc Gurgand’s page ) in order to analyse the benefits of the student loan project led by Eduloan .
Human migration is a very broad field of research. AFD, in partnership with the African Development Bank , has commissioned a household survey in four countries (Morocco, Senegal, Mali, the Comoros) to obtain information on the means, volume and types of utilisation of migrants’ remittances. AFD is also studying the links between health and migration, in particular through a survey conducted in the Comoros.
Publications on this topic
Book
edited by Benoît Ferry, Editions Karthala
Conferences on this topic
10-11 Septembre 2009 : The Second International Conference on Migration and Development, World Bank, Washington.
26-28 June 2008: Lille international conference on migration, organised by the research centre EQUIPPE in partnership with AFD and the World Bank
14 February 2008: presentation at AFD of the French version of the OECD Development Centre report “Migration and Developing Countries”, in the Policy Coherence for Development series
Corresponding research officer
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