Reimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development, from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), examines the new model of skill partnerships, as compared to more traditional ones. Crucially, instead of recruiting already qualified professionals, which raises concerns about human-resource depletion in developing countries, this next generation of skills partnerships would focus on training prospective migrants in their countries of origin, alongside peers who may never seek to migrate. This approach, the brief finds, holds significant promise but will require smart thinking about key questions of program design, cost sharing, and diaspora engagement. (Description from source)
