| On April 25 and 26, 2006, the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Conference 2006 was convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the theme of “Microeconomic and Institutional Foundations of Growth.” The conference offered an opportunity to reflect on issues at the heart of the World Bank’s engagement with clients. The key theme was how to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty in light of the broadening agreement that economic growth is the basic condition for achieving and sustaining social progress and development. This panel addressed the topic of “Who Benefits from Migration?” and was chaired by Alan Winters, Director of the Development Research Group at the Bank.
Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, discussed the U.S. immigration debate, including the demographics of immigration and past political solutions. He commented on the current solutions that are politically feasible. Other panelists asked about appealing to American voters, the formation of international alliances, and private enterprise influence. Guillermina Jasso, Professor at New York University, noted the gender-related effects of immigration within the context of an extensive, 86-language study of new legal immigrants, including analysis of the children of immigrants. Jasso was asked about parental involvement in immigrant families, study methodologies, and policy recommendations. Finally, Dominique Gross, Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, presented on Switzerland’s immigration policy, through the evolution of foreign resident populations and the guest worker program. She covered the complete history of modern policy for Switzerland, including the impact of various policy changes such as European Union work visas.
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