MIAG is a multi-country interdisciplinary study looking at alternative migration flows to, and within Africa to examine the contribution of migrants to more sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent.

The project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) – Inclusive Societies Initiative.

Our Research and methodology

MIAG originated from an ESRC/GCRF-funded network grant which identified that recent knowledge of the flows of migrants and their population sizes, motivations, organisation and impacts is largely anecdotal, while official data is partial and fragmented. The project looks to address this gap by producing the first multi-country comparative study of recent migration within and to, Africa. Our focus is on four of Africa’s largest and fastest growing economies: Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria, and we will be looking at how different migrant groups operate in, and contribute to key sectors of these economies.   

 

Latest publications

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Journal article -
Prof Parvati Raghuram and colleagues highlight the multi-directional and complex nature of cross-border intra-regional migration in Asia using three themes - labour migration, impact of migration on the family, and governance and politics.
Journal article -
This working paper, based on an International Growth Centre project involving MIAG Co-Investigator in Mozambique, Prof. Ines Raimundo, investigates the role of subjective expectations in shaping occupational choices among university students in Mozambique
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Book -
A thorough and fascinating study of motivations, relationships and impact of Chinese migrants in Africa co-authored by MIAG members Ben Lampert and Giles Mohan with colleagues May Tan-Mullins and Daphne Chang.

News

NEWS -
In December 2019, Natalie Chaponda, project administrator at AMADPOC, attended The Open University's conference on open distance learning in Kampala, Uganda. Natalie recalls her experience of promoting MIAG at the event
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Evidence Cafes are designed to encourage greater and more effective knowledge exchange between academics and researchers with practitioners and policy makers. Dr Linda Oucho, talks about the history of the cafes and how they were instrumental to MIAG.
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MIAG is working with Dr Anne Adams to create a set of free online short courses that teach how to run evidence cafes.

Our partners

The support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (UK) is gratefully acknowledged.