Please find attached (below) our call for expressions of interest for the main
phase of Development on the Move, a multi-country research project that
will examine the impact of migration on development, as well as
formulate policy to minimise costs and maximise benefits of migration on
development.!
I'd be very grateful if you would forward it to any researchers who
might be interested in participating (they need to be citizens of
developing or transition countries who usually reside in a developing or
transition country). Also, if you are members of any lists which might
circulate this sort of thing I'd be very grateful if you'd pass it on to
them.
Migration Team
Institute for Public Policy Research
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GDN
IPPR
**Call for Expressions of Interest**
Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimizing the Economic and Social
Impacts of Migration
Summary
The Global Development Network (GDN), an international organization dedicated
to building research capacity in developing and transition countries, and the
Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), the UK’s leading independent think
tank, invite expressions of interest to participate in their Global Research
Project: Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimizing the Economic and
Social Impacts of Migration.
In phase 1 the project will commission approximately six research teams, with
each to undertake a study examining the impacts of international migration upon
development in their chosen case study country. Each study will involve two key
components:
(1) A household survey examining the developmental impacts of international
migration in their chosen country.
(2) A 50-100 page country report (drawing on multiple sources including results
from the household survey) which analyses the impact of international migration
on development in the chosen country, and discusses how policy can minimize
migration’s negative impacts and maximize its positive ones.
Approximately US $500,000 is available in total to the six country study teams
to carry out the household survey and produce the country report for their
chosen case study country.
The project will run for approximately two years, from January 2008 to January
2010.
About the project
Development on the Move is an ambitious project aimed at furthering research
and policymaking on the impacts of international migration on development by:
- Developing a better methodology for assessing the multiple economic and
social impacts of migration (f1)
- Using this methodology to build a stronger evidence base
- Using the evidence base and research analysis to develop fresh, workable
policy ideas which harness the development benefits that migration offers while
minimizing the adverse impacts
- Building research capacity in the developing and transition countries, and
- Promoting multi-disciplinary research.
Details of the project objectives, methodology and expected outputs are can be
found at:
http://www.gdnet.org/pdf/global_research_projects/migration/ippr_gdn_brief_for_web.pdf
and
http://www.ippr.org/uploadedFiles/research/projects/Migration,_Equalities_and_Citizenship/Development_on_the_move.pdf
One critical element of Development on the Move is the commissioning
of ‘country studies’, examining the impacts of migration on development in
different developing and transition countries around the globe. These
country studies will be composed of two components:
(1) A large (1200+ households) nationally representative household survey,
gathering mainly quantitative data. For details of the kind of survey that we
expect the country studies to involve, please see an outline of our approach to
sampling as provided in Annex A.
(2) An analytical country report, describing and analyzing the impacts of
international migration (f2) on development in each country, and how it is
being and could be addressed through policy. The analytical report will draw on
the household survey results, but also incorporate:
(a) existing data available at the country level - quantitative and
qualitative - on the impacts of migration on development
(b) information regarding the policies in-country which impact migration, and
the sort of impacts those policies are having, and
(c) the results of approximately 30 semi-structured interviews with key
stakeholders (policymakers, business representatives etc) regarding their
opinions of the impacts of migration in their home country, and on how policy
might improve migration’s developmental impacts.
For further details on the content of the country report, please see
the ‘country report template’ attached as Annex B.
Guiding templates have been drawn up for each of the two project components,
based on our experience of conducting a pilot country study in Jamaica. This
next set of studies will be conducted in line with these templates, in order to
ensure that the results obtained across the studies are comparable and can be
used to draw out common global trends and relationships.
What we require?
We wish to select a multi-disciplinary team of researchers to carry out the
following tasks:
(1) Map the major issues relating to migration and development in the chosen
country, drawing from the project’s existing template of migration and
development impacts, in order to finalize a structure for the country report.
(2) Identify a separate ‘survey team’ to conduct the household survey on 1200+
households. The research team will be required to supervise the conduct of the
survey to ensure that results are delivered on time, on budget and to a high
standard. (f3)
(3) Collect additional evidence at the national level. This will involve
gathering data on migration’s impacts and policies from existing analyses of
migration and development in that country (such as previous academic work, or
publications by relevant international institutions), and information from
other sources such as the government, the central bank, universities and other
educational academies, microfinance institutions, and other organizations.
(4) Interview (approximately) 30 key stakeholders, such as government
officials, business people, NGOs, religious groups and/or traditional leaders
regarding their views on the impacts of migration on development in their
country, and on the policy responses to those impacts.
(5) Analyze the data that has been gathered – both the hard data and the
subjective information, as well as the household survey results - in order to
produce a report of around 50-100 pages on the impacts of migration on
development in the chosen country, and how policy is responding to those
impacts.
(6) Organize two project workshops involving local researchers and
policymakers – one at the start of the project in order to launch it, and one
to discuss and disseminate findings as research is concluding.
Why participate?
- Fully funded research project. All costs of research, including the costs of
primary research, will be covered by a grant from GDN and ippr. Besides this
grant for research costs, GDN and ippr will also pay for the travel costs to
the global and regional project workshops to discuss the research progress
and findings.
- Publication and wide dissemination. The results of the country study will be
published and widely disseminated by GDN and ippr in order to share the key
research findings.
- Unique methodological contribution. This project attempts to do something
genuinely new in the field of migration and development research. Participating
researchers will make an important contribution to methodological development
and evidence building in this important and relatively under-studied field.
- Opportunities to influence policymakers in home country and beyond. The
project is policy focused, with the aim of assisting local policymakers to
develop policies that maximize the developmental impacts of migration. Migration and development is also an increasingly prominent international
issue, and policymakers in various forums around the globe are keen to seize on
new research and policy ideas.
- Support from expert mentors and advisers. A group of pre-eminent
international experts in migration and/or development serve as a flexible
advisory panel to the project and will provide feedback to the research team.
The research team will also be linked to one particular expert who will guide
and provide mentoring to the team to ensure that the studies draw on current
best practices and meet professional standards in terms of theoretical and
methodological soundness.
- International networking and cross-fertilization. The project includes funds
to bring the country study researchers to three global workshops, to be held in
conjunction with GDN’s Annual Global Development Conferences. This will allow
for the discussion of the country study research progress and findings, but
also provide the researchers with the opportunity to interact with over 500
conference participants - senior academics, policymakers and researchers from a
wide variety of developed and developing countries.
Who is eligible?
As the focus of the project is on examining the multiplicity of ways in which
migration can impact development, the team must comprise at least two
researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, in order that the team has
expertise in analyzing both the quantitative and qualitative data. We have a
preference for researchers with experience with analyzing migration issues, but
most important is that researchers have the skills necessary to fulfill the key
project tasks.
Researchers must not apply individually to this call for expressions of
interest, but as a member of a country study team. This team must include both
the persons who will conduct the household survey, and the persons who will
write the country report. Researchers or institutes are not restricted,
however, to only participating in one bid. Individuals may apply as many times
as they wish, as long as they are always part of a full country study team.
The principal investigator of the proposal must be a citizen of a developing or
transition country currently residing in a developing or transition country.
Other project researchers must be citizens of developing or transition
countries, but can be temporarily residing (for no more than five years) in a
developed country. However, at least 50% of the researchers (including the
principal investigator) must currently reside in a developing or transition
country.
What is the budget and timetable?
We envisage the following broad timetable:
Date & Key Activities
Midnight, 26 November 2007
- Applications close
Start December 2007
- Successful team selected
February 1-2, 2008
- Training of country researchers in project methodology at the global project
workshop in Brisbane, Australia
February – April 2008
- Project launched in-country with project workshop
February - June 2008
- Survey adaptations made
- Logistical preparations for survey undertaken
- Structure for country report planned
- Literature review conducted
- Stakeholder interviews begun
June - November 2008
- Household survey conducted
- Stakeholder interviews continued
November – December 2008
- Household survey results analyzed
- Stakeholder interviews completed
January 2009
- Presentation of interim findings at global project workshop
June - July 2009
- Country report completed
July - August 2009
- Project concluded in-country with discussion workshop
January 2010
- Presentation of final country report at global project workshop
Teams are free to propose amendments to the timetable if they so, wish,
although starting and finishing dates, as well as attendance at the three
global project workshops must be adhered to. Monthly progress reports will be
expected from the selected research team.
Approximately US $500,000 is available in total to the six country study teams
to carry out the household survey and produce the country report for their
chosen case study country. Special weight will therefore be given to the most
cost-effective studies.
We expect the budget for the work to be proposed by the bidding research team,
and included in the expression of interest in the budget template, attached as
Annex C.
How to apply?
Applications must include the following components:
- An outline of the composition and experience of the proposed country study
team. This should include the CVs of all those who intend to work on the
country report, with each CV explicitly outlining the team member’s (a) areas
of expertise and (b) any experience of working on migration and development
issues.
The application should also indicate the institution or team that will carry
out the survey (if different to the country report authors), and include the CV
of the lead survey specialist. The survey team’s experience of conducting
nationally representative probabilistic surveys should be indicated, as should
their experience with obtaining the relevant sampling frame from the national
statistical body (if separate from it).
- A 1-2 page description of the most important impacts that the team envisages
migration might have on development in country to be studied.
- A brief description of the major data sources that the team envisages drawing
on in order to analyze the impacts of migration on development in the country
to be studied. This should include a short description of key stakeholders whom
the team would like to interview.
- A detailed budget in the attached budget template. This should be inclusive
of all research costs, costs associated with the conduct of the household
survey, and all incidental expenses.
- A timeline, setting out the proposed timings for both the conduct of the
household survey and the writing of the country report.
Payment for the research and survey results will be disbursed in three
tranches, 30% upon signing of the contract, 40% on the implementation of the
household survey, and 30% upon receipt and approval of the final country report
and survey results by the project management team.
Selection criteria
Selection of the successful team(s) will be made by the project management
team, consisting of staff members from GDN and ippr, with advice from the
project steering committee. Applications will be reviewed based on the
following criteria:
- The provision of all the information requested in the application guidelines.
- The skills and expertise of the proposed research team.
- The expertise of the proposed survey team, particularly in terms of:
o their experience of conducting a nationally representative probabilistic
survey
o their experience of working with the national statistical body (if separate
from it)
- The quality of the analysis provided on the major migration and development
issues facing the country to be studied.
- A demonstrated ability to deliver high quality and on time research outputs.
- The cost price of the proposal.
Application procedure
The closing date for submission of expressions of interest is midnight, 26
November, 2007. All expressions of interest should be sent by email to
[log in to unmask] with “migration country study” mentioned in the subject line of
the emails.
The Project Management Team welcomes enquiries from interested research teams
about any aspect of making an expression of interest. Please contact Laura
Chappell at [log in to unmask] or Ramona Angelescu at [log in to unmask]
Footnotes
(1) The project focuses on migration’s impacts on the economy, education,
health, gender, ‘other social issues’ and governance. For further details see
the links provided above.
(2) Defined as both immigration and emigration, to all destinations (not just
south-north) and resulting from all kinds of otivations (i.e. including labour
migration, forced migration and every other kind of movement).
(3) We believe that it is likely that two separate teams will be required in
order to (a) conduct the household survey and (b) conduct the other components
of the analysis and write the country report, given the different expertise
required for the two tasks. However, a separation between the teams is not a
requirement of the project, and expressions of interest are free to suggest
that the same people carry out both aspects, should they so wish.
Annexes
**For the texts of Annexes A, B and C, please visit:**
http://www.gdnet.org/pdf/global_research_projects/migration/GDN_IPPR_Expression_of_Interest.pdf
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