It Depends: Unpicking the Development Impacts of Migration in Asia

On November 11, PRIO hosted a seminar on the development impacts of migration in Asia, and how we can make sense of them, with professor Jonathan Rigg from the University of Bristol. Jonathan explored why migration 'optimists' and 'pessimists' find such rich empirical pickings in the mobility landscape of Asia. Drawing on work across rural areas of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam) and South Asia (Sri Lanka and Nepal), he sought to shed light on the mixed developmental origins, effects, and impacts of migration on people, communities, and environments. The seminar highlighted the simple but important point that migration is a process with no natural propensity for enabling and generating good or bad change; context is everything.For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.prio.org/events/8972   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.