This event was originally published on the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research website.
About the event
This event, co-organised by MIDEQ, the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana provides an opportunity for UN agencies, governments, academics, international organisations and civil society to hear more about the Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality.
This new publication examines the phenomenon of South-South migration and its relationship to inequality in the Global South, where at least a third of all international migration takes place.
The event will pick up on key themes discussed in the Handbook and provide an opportunity to understand the relationships between migration, inequality, and development in the context of the Global South. Attendees will have the chance to hear from some of the contributors about their research.
The event is being held as part of the UN Network on Migration’s Migration Week 2024 - a biennial umbrella event hosted by the United Nations Network on Migration that aims to promote dialogue on migration-related issues, under the framework of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).
Moderator
Heaven Crawley UNU-CPR, and MIDEQ Hub, co-editor
Speakers
Joseph Kofi Teye, University of Ghana, co-editor
Kerilyn Schewel, Duke University, co-author (with Alix Debray) of Global Trends in South-South Migration
Louis Herns Marcelin, University of Miami and INURED, Haiti, co-author (with Toni Cela) of The Making of Migration Trails in the Americas: Ethnographic Network Tracing of Haitians on the Move
Dereje Feyissa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, co-author (with Meron Zeleke and Fana Gebresenbet) of Migration as a Collective Project in the Global South: A Case Study from the Ethiopia–South Africa Corridor
Jixia Liu, China Agricultural University, co-author (with Joseph Kofi Teye and Gordon Crawford) of Inter-regional Migration in the Global South: Chinese Migrants in Ghana
Luisa Feline Freier De Ferrari, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, and Leon Lucar Oba, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru, co-authors (with María Angélica Fernández Bautista) of Inter-regional Migration in the Global South: African Migration to Latin America
Tebkieta Alexandra Tapsoba, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso, co-author (with Edward Asiedu, and Stephen Gelb) of Migrant Resource Flows and Development in the Global South
Ingrid Boas, Wageningen University, The Netherlands co-author (with Animesh Gautam and Ademola Olayiwola) of Climate Change and Human Mobility in the Global South
Rey P. Asis, Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, Hong Kong, co-author (with Carlos L. Maningat) of The “ASEAN Way” in Migration Governance
About the book
Edited by Heaven Crawley (UNU-CPR) and Joseph Teye (University of Ghana), the Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality examines the phenomenon of South-South migration and its relationship to inequality in the Global South, where at least a third of all international migration takes place.
Drawing on contributions from nearly 70 leading migration scholars, mainly from the Global South, the Handbook challenges dominant conceptualisations of migration, offering new perspectives and insights that can inform theoretical and policy understandings and unlock migration’s development potential.
The Handbook is divided into four parts, each highlighting often overlooked mobility patterns within and between regions of the Global South, as well as the inequalities faced by those who move. Key cross-cutting themes include gender, race, poverty and income inequality, migration decision making, intermediaries, remittances, technology, climate change, food security and migration governance. It is an indispensable resource on South-South migration and inequality for academics, researchers, postgraduates and development practitioners.
The Handbook is available open access and can be downloaded for free.
