Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 01/2010

Migrants and the Global Financial Crisis

Uri Dadush, Lauren Falcao

December 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abstract

Migrants are economic assets for both their host and home countries, but they are disproportionately affected by the global financial crisis. Temporary migration programs and collaboration with migrant-sending countries can help maximize the economic benefits of migration, even in times of crisis.