06 Migration -- An Issue of Development - Ms. Maria Angela C. Villalba

8/14/2019 06 Migration -- An Issue of Development - Ms. Maria Angela C. Villalba

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Migration:An issue ofDevelopment

May-an (Maria Angela) dlc. Villalba

Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services FoundationQuezon City, Philippines


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Global Economic Crisis

Derivatives - Financial weapons of mass

destruction (Warren Buffet)

Government failure to regulate greed

Taxpayer pays for greed and lack of

regulation trillions of US$


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Climate Change

Unsustainable economy &ecosystems

Loss of lives, property &

assets

Relief, rehabilitation and

relocation costs
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Impact on Migration

Retrenchment, lay-offs, repatriation Protectionism and stringent border control

Localization labor policy

Decrease in remittances Emergence of environmental migrants

36 million people were displaced in 2008

70 million move from developing countries to

developed countries


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Impact on economy Job lossesjobless growth?

Reduced remittances

Lower consumption (PCI)

Foreign investments at cross purposes

Mining in precarious areas

Long term lease of prime agricultural land

Focus on green jobs and green growth

Marine preservation tuna ban maycost 150,000 jobs in tuna industry


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Migration & development nexus Overseas work has improved our standard

of living and quality of life.

We prefer living and working at home if our

needs are adequately met.

We will continue working overseas:

3-5 years

until all my kids finish college

for as long as it is possible.


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International migration is a

power problem!

A new face of an old problem

Migration will continue:

Demographic factor ageing population

Structural labor imbalance

Poverty and underdevelopment in origin

countries Wage differentials and opportunities for

advancement in destination countries


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Migrant entrepreneursFamdev Integrated

FarmMalaybalay, Bukidnon


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Matin-ao Rice CenterMainit, Surigao del Norte


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IssuesAccess to and high cost of capital
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Challenges to migrationand Development Breaking the cycle of dependency

Building the entrepreneurial mindset, spirit

and skills Building the minimum conditions of viable

enterprises


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Challenge to policy makers Dealing with power agendas and competing

interests

Building the entrepreneurial mindset, spiritand skills

Invest and enable the development of thenations assets that lower the cost ofdevelopment

Development Plan coherent and wise useof national patrimony


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Policy recommendations

Strengthen regular migration channels

Regularize undocumented migrants and theirchildren

Increase access of migrants to continuingeducation and skills training and upgrading.

Provide migrant workers the same educationand training opportunities in the workplace as

local workers.


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Policy recommendations

Enable the development of the nations assets

Effective support to MSME lower cost of

capital

Legislate an enabling policy for OFW andsocial enterprises

Coherent and strategic use of national

patrimony (assets) Lower the cost of development: infrastructure

support, access to technology, R&D


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Mag-impok, MamuhunanItatag ang kabuhayan sa

sariling Bayan!

Maraming Salamat Po!

Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation73 Maningning Street, Teachers Village West, 1101 Quezon City

Phone: 794 1399/ Telefax: 433 1292 / [email protected]

06 Migration -- An Issue of Development - Ms. Maria Angela C. Villalba

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