Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Development plans increasingly integrate aspects of migration and displacement, reflecting the countless links between sustainable development and human mobility. To understand the incorporation of issues related to human mobility into development plans and policies, this chapter analyses all curren...

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Main Author: Daniel Naujoks
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Language:English
Published: Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement 2022-04-01
Series:Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/poldev/4795
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description Development plans increasingly integrate aspects of migration and displacement, reflecting the countless links between sustainable development and human mobility. To understand the incorporation of issues related to human mobility into development plans and policies, this chapter analyses all current United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The MENA region is characterised by high levels of outmigration and displacement, transit migration, immigration, and hosts a large share of the world’s refugees. UNDAFs – planning documents that provide a system-wide overview of key United Nations (UN) activities and functions at the country level – provide a promising platform to investigate linkages between migration, displacement, human development, multilateral and interagency cooperation, and the politics of development aid and international relations. To assess how exactly UN development plans address immigration, emigration, transit migration, internal and international displacement, diaspora engagement and remittances, this chapter introduces the Index of Mobility Inclusion (IMI) which measures the intensity, modality, and dimensionality of how mobility has been integrated into development plans. Based on an analysis of all current UNDAFs, the component and aggregate IMI levels show varying degrees of mobility inclusion. A comparison of the three IMI components for all 14 plans in the MENA region reveals that mobility-related policies include a broad range of public policy sectors and focus on various target populations. This paper concludes by offering initial insights into and hypotheses on what determines whether mobility is included in UN development plans.
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spelling doaj-art-b2dcb3f878354a289ef44c5e6a001cab2024-12-09T15:47:13ZengInstitut de Hautes Études Internationales et du DéveloppementRevue Internationale de Politique de Développement1663-93751663-93912022-04-011410.4000/poldev.4795Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa RegionDaniel NaujoksDevelopment plans increasingly integrate aspects of migration and displacement, reflecting the countless links between sustainable development and human mobility. To understand the incorporation of issues related to human mobility into development plans and policies, this chapter analyses all current United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The MENA region is characterised by high levels of outmigration and displacement, transit migration, immigration, and hosts a large share of the world’s refugees. UNDAFs – planning documents that provide a system-wide overview of key United Nations (UN) activities and functions at the country level – provide a promising platform to investigate linkages between migration, displacement, human development, multilateral and interagency cooperation, and the politics of development aid and international relations. To assess how exactly UN development plans address immigration, emigration, transit migration, internal and international displacement, diaspora engagement and remittances, this chapter introduces the Index of Mobility Inclusion (IMI) which measures the intensity, modality, and dimensionality of how mobility has been integrated into development plans. Based on an analysis of all current UNDAFs, the component and aggregate IMI levels show varying degrees of mobility inclusion. A comparison of the three IMI components for all 14 plans in the MENA region reveals that mobility-related policies include a broad range of public policy sectors and focus on various target populations. This paper concludes by offering initial insights into and hypotheses on what determines whether mobility is included in UN development plans.https://journals.openedition.org/poldev/4795governanceinternational cooperationUnited Nations (UN)migration policiesmultilateral cooperationmigration
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Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement
governance
international cooperation
United Nations (UN)
migration policies
multilateral cooperation
migration
title Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_full Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_fullStr Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_full_unstemmed Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_short Multilateral Approaches to Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_sort multilateral approaches to mobility in the middle east and north africa region
topic governance
international cooperation
United Nations (UN)
migration policies
multilateral cooperation
migration
url https://journals.openedition.org/poldev/4795
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