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MIGRATION: PROMOTING
DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES
DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE
Migration has reached unprecedented levels, with more than 272 million people living outside their
country of origin. Most are voluntary or economic migrants—in such cases, migrants can help propel
economic growth, reduce inequalities and connect diverse societies. However, some people do not
have a choice but to leave their country of origin due to lack of opportunities and other negative drivers
such as climate change and environmental degradation, poor governance (including absence of rule of
law, justice, security), extreme poverty, and violent conflicts.
In response, the global community adopted the Global Compact for Migration in 2018. This document
aims to optimize the overall benefits of migration while addressing its risks and challenges for
individuals and communities in countries of origin, transit, and destination.
UNDP’S OFFER
UNDP’s development approach to migration aims to provide people with choices that fulfil their
aspirations, so that if they want to move, they may do so out of choice and not by necessity or coercion.
Our work is informed by analysis, providing the evidence for policy and programming. UNDP supports
Member States to deliver on the Global Compact for Migration with a special focus on:
• Mitigating negative drivers of migration and structural changes that compel people to leave
their homes;
• Creating conditions for migrants and diaspora to fully contribute to sustainable development
in all countries;
• Supporting national and local authorities to achieve sustainable community based
re/integration.
In its integrator role, UNDP also supports governments to integrate migration into national and local
development plans, the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCF), and
Sustainable Development Goals’ implementation plans. UNDP also helps create an enabling
environment for people to return to their communities, working with local authorities and facilitating
diaspora’s participation in local development.
GROUNDED IN PARTNERSHIPS
UNDP partners with agencies such as UN Migration (IOM), World Bank, the private sector, and civil
society organisations for its work on migration. With IOM, UNDP mainstreams migration in
development planning. UNDP also serves as an executive member of the UN Network on Migration,
supporting Member States to implement the Global Compact for Migration with other agencies. We
also work closely with the World Bank on the Global Knowledge Management for Migration and
Development. UNDP is also an active contributor to the Global Forum on Migration and Development
(GFMD), bringing development approaches to achieve safe, regular, and orderly migration.
COUNTRY AND REGIONAL EXAMPLES
UNDP is implementing migration and/or displacement policy and programming in about 20 countries
globally. The total budget for projects directly targeting migrants and host communities was of US$135
million as of 2019.
Together with IOM, UNDP supports countries such as Bangladesh, Ecuador, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Morocco, Serbia, and Tunisia to integrate migration into national development strategies,
ensuring that sectors such as health, education, water and sanitation, economic development, local
governance, rule of law and justice, disaster risk reduction/climate change include migration-related
targets. In Moldova, over 200,000 people are benefiting directly and indirectly from better services as a
result of migrants’ substantive participation in local planning processes and financial contributions for
local projects.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Diaspora for Development (D4D) project mobilizes diaspora’s support
toward domestic socio-economic development. Specific interventions by local authorities and the
private sector in cooperation with the diaspora will ensure 400 new jobs and improved income for 300
households. The approach includes linking diaspora with public, non-government, and private
economic sectors; local governments aligning their development strategies to the diaspora policy
framework; providing more and better services to diaspora members; and encouraging community
initiatives to attract diaspora know-how and investment.
In Colombia, UNDP is working on stabilization and territorial peace in the context of migratory crises,
targeting Venezuelan migrants, Colombian returnees, and host communities, emphasizing vulnerable
women. This includes supporting the creation of social solidarity networks, support local institutions,
and work towards sustainable solutions.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, UNDP has been implementing the United Nations Action for
Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT) project to combat trafficking in persons since 2014.
UN-ACT is building the capacity of regional and national actors, including governments, civil society,
and front-line responder to undertake joint efforts to fight trafficking in their region.
CONTACT: For more information, please contact Owen Shumba, Head (OIC), Recovery Solutions and Human Mobility Team,
UNDP Crisis Bureau, at [email protected].

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