Migration in the 2030 Agenda

This report from the World Bank addresses the disconnect between the evidence-based conclusion that immigration is good for social and economic prosperity—for immigrants, their families at home, and the countries that welcome them—and the widespread opposition to immigration in destination countries, which is often rooted in the unfounded notion that migrants are the primary cause of economic difficulties like unemployment and declining social services. The report provides comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns…

This resource pack was curated by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator to provide a broad overview of the intersection of climate change and public health. As climate change perturbs the environment’s delicate balance, changing patterns in migration, diseases, and malnutrition have also been observed. Resources in this collection explore the implications of this global risk for the health and wellbeing of communities worldwide, especially for vulnerable populations like women and children. The resources…

These downloadable country profiles from INFORM (Index for Risk Management) contain in-depth information on the risk of humanitarian crises in a country across three dimensions: hazard and exposure to natural and human disasters, socioeconomic vulnerability, and lack of institutional and infrastructural coping capacity. The profiles also provide trends in risk over time, highlight the highest and lowest risk indicators for each country, and compare each country to its “global peers” which share a similar risk…