Mainstreaming Migration Into Development Planning: A Handbook for Policy-makers and Practitioners

While discussions of migration and development have become more prominent in recent years, policy and programming remain embryonic. This handbook responds to the gap between talk and action, acting as a step to by to step guide for policymakers, giving practical meaning to the concept of migration and development. The handbook does not prescribe a uniform policy or programme, but rather provides guidance, ideas and suggestions so countries can tailor-make an approach useful in their own context. The handbook is primarily concerned with international migration, and with national development processes and instruments in developing countries. This focus means that it does not place much emphasis on internal migration nor on regional development planning. It outlines a number of steps industrialised countries can undertake to better integrate migration and development policies.