2021 Jobs and Development - World Bank Policy Panel - Migration from Latin America and the Caribbean: Drivers and Policy Responses

Additional Info

Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change and Refugees, In-Migration, Population Displacement, Population Resettlement, Forced Displacement, Internally Displaced Persons, Fragility, Conflict and Violence, Aspirations and Poverty, Jobs and Development, Jobs and Poverty, Jobs and Growth, Cash Transfers, Financial Infrastructure and Remittances, International Remittances, Climate Change and Vulnerable Groups, Inclusive Growth, Migration Policies and Jobs, Economic Growth, Gender Based Violence, Social Cohesion, Rural to Urban Migration, Host Community, Host Country, Migrant Workers, Migration of Highly-Skilled Workers, Pandemics, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Diaspora-Based Investment, Immigration, Integration of Migrants, Emigration, Humanitarian Aid, Temporary Movement of Labor, Integration of Non-Nationals, Social Assistance, Social Support Services
Regions:
Latin America & Caribbean
GP:
Social Protection & Jobs
Keywords:
Latin America, LAC, Caribbean, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Colombia, Migration and Development, migrants, Migration Policies, Poverty, Lack of Jobs, job loss, Political Conflicts, Migration and Jobs, Internal Migration, cross border migration, International Migration, home country, economic stagnation, violence and conflict, migrants settlement, skilled migrants, migration and remittances, gender based violation, Jobs, economic crisis and refugees, Covid Crisis, Pandemics, Climate Change Refugees, Economic Integration of Migrants, Social cohesion, Diaspora, Remittances, Humanitarian crisis, social services, Humanitarian Response, Employment Policies for Migrants, Migration Policies and Jobs, population displacement, Population Resettlement, Foreign Remittances, Financial Infrastructure and Remittances
Language:
English
Learning Mode:
Archived Webinar
Time Commitment:
01:12:17

About the Presenters

Mr. Jaime Roberto Diaz Palacios

Executive Vice President, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)

Since November 2020, Mr. Jaime Roberto Diaz Palacios has been serving as the Executive Vice President of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). He has a solid professional career with more than 15 years in the field of Economics and Finance for Development. He was the Executive Director of the National Competitiveness Program (Pronacom) and an Economist at the Center for National Economic Research in the Republic of Guatemala (2012 - 2015). He most recently served as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of World Bank (2015 - 2019).

Eric Jacobstein

Senior Advisor, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID

Eric Jacobstein is a senior advisor at the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID. Prior to that role, he was a senior policy advisor on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs managing the Western Hemisphere portfolio for Chairman Eliot Engel and Committee Democrats. In this role, he was the lead Democratic advisor handling issues related to Latin America and the Caribbean in the House of Representatives. Jacobstein previously served as the staff director of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control working for Senator Dianne Feinstein. Before that, he worked for the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and for Representative Jim Kolbe.

Taimur Samad

Program Leader, Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, The World Bank

Taimur Samad is a Program Leader for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure for The World Bank in Colombia and Venezuela Office. He joined the Bank as a Consultant in 2001 working in the Transport and Urban development unit. His most recent position has been as a Program leader for sustainable development in the Jakarta Country office. Previously, he coordinated the Urban program in the Indonesia Office, leading complex multisector loan- and advisory projects. He has an extensive experience in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR), even as a project leader in Colombia for about five years.

Dilip Ratha

Lead Economist, Migration and Remittances, Head of KNOMAD

Dilip Ratha is the head of KNOMAD and lead economist, Migration and Remittances, Social Protection, and Jobs Global Practice at the World Bank. In a career spanning three decades, he has done pioneering work on remittances, migration, and innovative financing (diaspora bonds, future-flow securitization, shadow sovereign ratings). His TED talk, with over 1.4 million views, has inspired many fintech start-ups. He is the Founder of KNOMAD, Migrating out of Poverty Research Program Consortium, and the African Institute of Remittances. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Indian Statistical Institute.

Questions Submitted

MOHAMMAD

- Dec 2, 2021

Great!

jose luis

- Nov 26, 2021

muy bueno

Ki

- Nov 20, 2021

Good!

DR. YOGENDRA NATH

- Nov 17, 2021

Interesting.

Mohammad Nadir

- Nov 4, 2021

Excellent!