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Navigating Key Development Issues in Central America’s Dry Corridor

Recommended Readings on Key Development Issues in Central America’s Dry Corridor.

Migration

Angelo, Paul J. 2021. Why Central American Migrants Are Arriving at the U.S. Border. Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep31168.

Arias, Ingrid, Ángel E. del Valle, Michelle Dubón, Aracely Martínez Rodas, Kathleen Mogelgaard, L. Tatiana Paz Lemus, and J. Joseph Speidel. 2022. Invisible threads: Addressing the root causes of migration from Guatemala by investing in women and girls. Population Institute. https://www.populationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PI-3059-Guatemala-Migration-Report-WEB-Updated.pdf.

Bastos, Laura Solís, and Jason Hernández Murillo. 2022. Recent migration policies to address migration in Costa Rica. UNDP. https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-12/PNUDLAC-working-paper-36-Costa%20Rica-EN.pdf.

Beltran, Paula, and Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov. 2023. Climate and Cross-Border Migration. IMF Working Paper No. 2023/250. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/12/08/Climate-and-Cross-Border-Migration-542196

Bermeo, Sarah, David Leblang, and Gabriela Nagle Alverio. 2022. Root Causes of Migration from Guatemala: Analysis of Subnational Trends. Duke Center for International Development Policy Brief. https://dcid.sanford.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Migration-Policy-Brief-Guatemala-FINAL.pdf.

Carare, Alina, Catherine Koh, and Yorbol Yakhshilikov. 2023. "Northern Triangle Undocumented Migration to the United States." IMF Working Papers 2023 (017): A001. https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2023/017/article-A001-en.xml.

Carletto, Calogero, John A. Maluccio, Savant Man Shrestha, and Mackenzie F. Stewart. 2021. Migration, Economic Crisis and Child Growth in Rural Guatemala: Insights from the Great Recession. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper; No. 9734. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36034.

Habitat. 2021. Characterization of the Dry Corridor in Central America’s Northern Triangle. Habitat. https://www.habitat.org/lac-en/newsroom/2022/qualitative-housing-deficit-el-salvador-guatemala-and-honduras-exceeds-39-million.

Huber, Jona, Ignacio Madurga-Lopez, Una Murray, Peter C. McKeown, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach, and Charles Spillane. 2023. "Climate-related migration and the climate-security-migration nexus in the Central American Dry Corridor." Climatic Change 176 (6): 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03549-6.

Ibanez, Ana Maria, Jimena Romero, and Andrea Velasquez. 2021. Temperature Shocks, Labor Markets and Migratory Decisions in El Salvador. https://conference.iza.org/conference_files/ClimateChange_2021/velasquez_a26669.pdf.

Orozco, Manuel, and Mariellen Jewers. 2021. Economic Insecurity & Irregular Migration from El Salvador. Center for Migration and Economic Stabilization. Creative Associates International. https://www.creativeassociatesinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Economic-Insecurity-and-Irregular-Migration-from-El-Salvador.pdf.

Orozco, Manuel. 2021. Migrant Remittances to Central America and Options for Development. World Refugee & Migration Council. https://www.wrmcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2022/01/Task-Force-Research-Paper-Orozco-Migrant-Remittances-EN.pdf.

Pons, Diego. 2021. Climate Extremes, Food Insecurity, and Migration in Central America: A Complicated Nexus. Migration Policy Institute. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/climate-food-insecurity-migration-central-america-guatemala.

Ramos, Erika Pires, and Keila McFarland Dias. 2021. Gender, migration, climate change and disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean. UN Women Expert Group Meeting. https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/CSW/66/EGM/Expert%20Papers/Erika%20RAMOS_CSW66%20Expert%20Paper.pdf.

Soto, Ariel G. Ruiz, Rossella Bottone, Jaret Waters, Sarah Williams, Ashley Louie, and Yuehan Wang. 2021. Charting a New Regional Course of Action: The Complex Motivations and Costs of Central American Migration. IDB (Inter American Development Bank) and World Food Programme. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/mpi-wfp-mit_migration-motivations-costs_final.pdf.

Villarosa, Francesco Di. 2020. Migration and Cities in Guatemala: the Potential of Remittances for Housing. https://www.thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Informe-Migration-and-Cities-in-Guatemala-Remittances_Final-English-1.pdf.

Voorend, Koen, Daniel Alvarado, and Luis Ángel Oviedo. 2021. Future Demand for Migrant Labor in Costa Rica. KNOMAD Paper. https://www.knomad.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/KNOMAD%20Working%20Paper%2040-Future%20Demand%20for%20Migrant%20Labor%20in%20Costa%20Rica-Dec%2021.pdf.

Wolf, Sonja. 2020. Forced Migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America: Drivers and Experiences. CIDE (The Center for Economic Research and Teaching). https://www.cide.edu/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Forced-Migration-from-the-Northern-Triangle-of-Central-America-Drivers-and-Experiences_Author-Sonja-Wolf.pdf.

 

 

 

 

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