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Migration as seen from developed countries: demographic realities, ideology and political choices
Academic Yves Charbit explains that control of migration flows by a purely numbers-based approach–a practice preferred by developed countries–is not only ineffective, but also counter-productive for Europe. The second episode in our series: “Tomorrow, 9 billion people”.
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Opinion
Informed and responsible narratives on migration, a common cause
By producing quality content and fighting against disinformation, media coverage of migration can help inform public debate and strengthen social cohesion.
Opinion
Diversity and domination: for a paradigm shift in international aid
The current identity of the international aid sector is still structured, in both the North and South, by a Western approach to how funds are allocated and controlled.
Development news
Defusing the “Demographic Timebomb”:Overpopulation, Growth and Anthropogenic Pressure
According to the UN, the world’s population will exceed 8 billion in 2025. This figure has alarmed some experts, who have alluded to a ‘demographic timebomb’ for global warming. But is anthropogenic pressure on the environment solely a demographic issue? And isn’t demography...
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Consensual power-sharing as a way out of endless crises
How can we help those seeking a way out of endless chaos? Éric Beugnot (AFD) and Jacques Levard propose consensual power-sharing for a limited duration in exchange for massive and sustainable aid.
Opinion
United States: How do the Sustainable Development Goals Fit into the Democratic Primary?
The primary for the nomination of the US Democratic presidential candidate offers an opportunity to take a look at the way the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are included in the main candidates’ policies. According to Marie-Cécile Naves, the candidates have mainly expressed their ambitions...
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Solving the water-land-people equation in the Sahel
Conflict analysis in the Sahel must begin with a simple water-land-people calculation, for geographer Christian Bouquet. More and more people are living with less and less water on shrinking areas of arable land.
Interview
“Inequality is undermining the Sahel region”
Following the latest Oxfam report on inequality in the Sahel, Cécile Duflot explains how inequality is worsening the multidimensional crisis affecting the region. According to her, this calls for a coordinated response involving various stakeholders.
Opinion
Safe and universal access to water and sanitation: a governance challenge
For Julián Suárez Migliozzi, access to water and sanitation is not merely a funding and implementation issue: it is a governance issue. The global community must double its efforts to ensure this fundamental right.
Opinion
Toward a science for sustainable development
The first Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) critical assessment report will be presented to the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2019. One of its contributors, Jean-Paul Moatti, explains the three main messages it contains and how science can contribute to sustainable development.
Development news
To what extent do diasporas contribute to development?
Every year, the volume of funds sent by diasporas to low- and middle-income countries increases. Today, it represents over triple the amount of Official Development Assistance. But do these funds really contribute to development?
Interview
“Development is a factor in mobility and migration.”
With tensions over the issue of migration running higher than ever, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden believes the solution does not lie in a security-oriented approach. Making it easier for people to move around would make development fairer for all.
Opinion
Rapid population growth of the Sahel Region: A Major Challenge for the Next Generation
The demographic growth of the Sahelian region is unprecedented and transforms deeply the societies. This phenomenon must be understood rather than denounced. Explanations with Jean-Marc Pradelle, Sahel adviser at AFD.
Interview
When inequality accentuates rural migrations
While exodus affecting most of the rural Mediterranean territories is one of the development drivers, it can also affect the attractivity of these territories. Analysis of Yasmine Seghirate El Guerrab, coordinator of the publication Mediterra 2018.
Interview
“Venezuelans are leaving because of hunger, instability and poverty.”
Tomás Páez, sociologist and professor at the Central University of Venezuela, is coordinator of the Venezuelan Diaspora Observatory. He gives us his analysis of the unprecedented migratory crisis which has been striking Venezuela for over two years.
Opinion
The use of research for development: Let’s test knowledge brokering
In terms of interventions for development, stakeholders, researchers, decision-makers and funders do not interact sufficiently to promote the use of findings from research and evaluations. Knowledge brokering could be a solution.
Interview
China and its migrants: Fragile progress
China has some 300 million migrant workers whose living conditions are precarious. Chloé Froissart, Director of the Sino-French Research Center in Social Sciences at Tsinghua University (Beijing), analyses the legal and social situation of this population.
Opinion
Eradicate poverty in China: A realistic target?
In order to eradicate poverty in China by 2020, the central authorities have just approved an investment plan equivalent to EUR 51bn. This is a strong political act but which, according to observers, must be combined with major social measures.
Development aid: “We need to radically change the way we do things!”
A decade after The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier, a British economist, Professor at Oxford University, former World Bank researcher and pioneer of the economics of conflict, has just issued a report on fragilities.
Opinion
Demography: a parameter overlooked in environmental protection
The ecological footprint is correlated with the environmental inefficiency of production, per capita production and population. To limit irreversible ecological damage, stabilizing the population needs to be put on the development agenda.
Opinion
Migrant remittances: Untapped potential and the need for regulation
The migrant remittances sent from France amount to over USD 20bn every year. Martin Fleury, Said Bourjij et Bamadi Sanokho, experts on this issue, shares their reflections with ID4D about the potential that these remittances hold for development if it is organized.
Opinion
Taxation in Mali: towards the end of aid dependency?
To put an end to aid dependency, Mali intends to raise tax revenues to 20% of GDP by 2019. But increasing the tax burden without redistributing resources towards basic social sectors would risk exacerbating inequalities.
Opinion
Demography and education: allies or enemies?
On the eve of the opening of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference in Dakar, co-hosted by Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall, and while in its latest report, the World Bank talks about a “global education crisis”, Marie-Pierre Nicollet, Demographic and Social Transition...
Opinion
EU donor coordination in fragile states: towards a facilitator role for EU
Despite a consensus on the need for European donor coordination in fragile States, best practices are still too rare. Bottom-up coordination practices seem more promising than top-down projects.
Interview
Migrations: investing in border controls is not the solution
The sale of African migrants put migration back on the agenda of the international debate. Interview of Richard Danziger, Regional Director for West and Central Africa of the International Organization for Migration.