Legal and policy documents

• Report of the Secretary-General on International Migration and Development (A/67/254)
• Resolution on international migration and development (A/RES/63/225)
• Resolution on international migration and development (A/RES/65/170)
• Summary of the informal thematic debate on international migration and development, New York, 19 May 2011 (A/65/944)
• Resolution on international migration and development (A/C.2/67/L.15/Rev.1) (the most recent resolution, will replace with final document, once available)
• Report of the International Conference on Population and Development. Chapter X on International Migration and Development. Cairo, 5-13 September 1994
• High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, 14-15 September 2006

Publications

• Maximizing the Development Impact of Remittances (UNCTAD 2010)
• Report of the Expert Meeting on Maximizing the Development Impact of Remittances (UNCTAD 2011)
• The Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change, Migration and Development, IOM World Migration Report p. 45-56 (2010)
• Migration and Development: Migrant Stories, IOM (2010)
• Angola: A Study of the Impact of Remittances from Portugal and South Africa, IOM Migration Research Series No. 39 (2010)
• Human Development Report 2009. Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development, UNDP
• The MIDA Experience and Beyond, IOM (2009)
• Migration and Development: Achieving Policy Coherence, IOM Migration Research Series No. 34 (2008)
• A Study of Migrant-Sending Households in Serbia Receiving Remittances from Switzerland IOM Migration Research Series No. 28 (2007)
• Migrants' Remittances and Development: Myths, Rhetoric and Realities, IOM (2006)
• The Development Dimension of Migrant Remittances, IOM (2004)

Policy briefs

• Outlook for Remittance Flows 2009-2011: Remittances expected to fall by 7-10 percent in 2009 (by Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra, and Ani Silwal)/Migration & Development Brief, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Prospects Group, World Bank, Issue 10, 13 July 2009

Seminar reports

• Aligning Migration and Development Goals, Report, UNITAR Migration & Development Series Seminar, organized jointly with IOM, UNFPA, and the MacArthur Foundation on 23-24 March 2009
• IOM International Dialogue on Migration - Enhancing the Role of Return Migration in Fostering Development (2008)
• Building Partnerships, Report, UNITAR Migration & Development Series Seminar, organized jointly with UNFPA, IOM, and the MacArthur Foundation on 7 March 2007
• Contributions of Diasporas, Report, UNITAR/UNFPA/IOM Key Migration Issues Workshop Series, 11 May 2006

Fact Sheets

• Migration & Development Info Sheet, IOM (2010)
• IOM and Remittances (2009)

Useful links

• More information on the Joint Migration & Development Initiative (JMDI) website
• Moreinformation on the World Bank website
• IOM Migration and Development
• IOM Economic and Community Development
• IOM Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA)
• IOM Capacity Building Through Qualified Human Resources & Experts