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Project for the Inclusion of the Migrant Population under the Urban BiodiverCity and Equity Program in Barranquilla
To support the integration of migrant population in Barranquilla, through assistance to the District in the implementation of the Temporary Statute for Venezuelan Migrants, and actions to support social, economic and cultural integration of migrants in the city, under the Biodivercity and Urban Equity Program in Barranquilla

Project Detail

Country

Colombia

Project Number

CO-G1033

Approval Date

September 1, 2023

Project Status

Implementation

Project Type

Investment Grants

Sector

SOCIAL INVESTMENT

Subsector

MIGRATION & MIGRANTS

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental Classification

Uncategorized Directive B.13

Total Cost

USD 6,125,800.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 0.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 6,125,800.00

Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
GRT/CF-20313-CO Sovereign Guaranteed USD - United States Dollar Common Account - COFAB Grant
Operation Number GRT/CF-20313-CO
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: Common Account - COFAB
  • Financial Instrument: Grant

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Other Documents
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZIDB0000366-2056220512-9484
General Agreement
Convenio - Programa de Biodiverciudad y Equidad Urbana en Barranquilla.pdf
Nov. 21, 2023
Spanish

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Publications
Published 2020
Admisión escolar centralizada y migrantes: El caso de Chile
En el año 2016, como parte de la reforma a la educación escolar impulsada por la expresidenta Michelle Bachelet (2014-2018), Chile implementó un Sistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE) centralizado. En este estudio analizamos su normativa e implementación, con foco en la población migrante y su acceso a la educación por medio de este sistema, es decir estudiamos cómo, en el caso chileno, el sistema centralizado de admisión genera igualdad de oportunidades de acceso, incluida en esa situación la población migrante. De la revisión de la normativa se concluyó principalmente que, como la Constitución y las leyes chilenas establecen el principio de no discriminación y el derecho de las familias a escoger el establecimiento en que estudien sus hijos(as), las normas que establecen el funcionamiento del SAE en Chile cumplen con dichas exigencias, y posibilitan que los padres, madres o apoderados de niños, niñas y adolescentes (NNA) migrantes, cualquiera sea su estatus de residencia, participen en el proceso con las mismas garantías que sus equivalentes chilenos. De manera similar se concluyó que el SAE permite acceder a la educación sin poner dificultades por la condición migratoria de NNA, es sencillo para ellos superar las dificultades administrativas de la postulación, y el único inconveniente se relaciona con la carencia de habilidades digitales, lo cual también se observa en los chilenos en situación de vulnerabilidad. Se puede señalar, entonces, que los migrantes no son discriminados formalmente respecto de los postulantes chilenos y que el SAE, que abarca el 91% de la matrícula escolar de Chile, les facilita la incorporación al sistema educativo.
Publications
Published 2020
Inmigrando: Construir ciudades plurales: Tomo 2
El segundo tomo revisa cerca de 300 iniciativas en distintas partes del mundo, que trabajan para fortalecer la trayectoria migrante. Estas iniciativas se organizan acorde a las etapas de la trayectoria que son Anticipación, Preparación, Desplazamiento, Llegada, Acogida, Integración y Retorno. Este enfoque pretende aportar a la construcción de comunidades sólidas y sostenibles e inspirar a tomadores de decisiones y distintos actores involucrados en la gestión de ciudades origen, frontera, tránsito y destino. Su objetivo es entender la trayectoria migrante y conseguir que las ciudades aprovechen el gran flujo humano, el potencial y la energía que implica la migración.
Publications
Published 2021
Citizenship and the Economic Assimilation of Canadian Immigrants
In this paper, we examine whether acquiring citizenship improves the economic assimilation of Canadian migrants. We took advantage of a natural experiment made possible through changes in the Canadian Citizenship Act of 2014, which extended the physical presence requirement for citizenship from three to four years. Using quasi-experimental methods, we found that delaying citizenship eligibility by one year adversely affected Canadian residents' wages. Access to better jobs explains a citizenship premium of 11 percent in higher wages among naturalized migrants. Our estimates are robust to model specifications, differing sampling windows to form the treatment and comparison groups, and whether the estimator is a non-parametric rather than a parametric one. We discuss how our findings are relevant to the optimal design of naturalization policies regarding efficiency and equity.
Publications
Published 2021
Attitudes towards Migrants during Crisis Times
How are natives attitudes towards migrants shaped by economic crises? Natives could show more compassion towards migrants as everyone faces a common threat. Alternatively, natives prejudice could rise as competition for scarce economic opportunities increases. We conduct an online survey to 3,400 Colombian citizens and randomly prime half of them to think about the economic consequences of COVID-19, before eliciting their altruism and attitudes towards Venezuelan migrants. We find that natives attitudes towards migrants are substantially more negative in the treatment relative to the control group. Individuals ages 18 to 25 years, however, respond to the treatment by showing more altruism.
Publications
Published 2021
Mecanismos que fortalecen la integración: redes de migrantes y permisos de permanencia en los procesos migratorios
La crisis social desatada por la pandemia del Covid-19 ha agravado la condición de vulnerabilidad de los migrantes venezolanos. Lo anterior genera la necesidad de identificar mecanismos que favorezcan el bienestar de esta población. En este sentido, este documento destaca que las redes de migrantes y la posibilidad de acceder a un permiso de permanencia (caso de estudio PEP-RAMV) son mecanismos que facilitan distintas instancias del proceso migratorio en Colombia. En el caso de las redes, los resultados identifican que estas son indispensables para resolver diferentes necesidades, pero cobran especial relevancia en momentos críticos (llegada a Colombia, enfrentando los estragos de la pandemia, entre otros). Mientras que el permiso de permanencia PEP-RAMV otorgó la posibilidad de acceder a mercados formales, salud y educación, lo cual generó una sensación de respaldo por parte del gobierno a una población que de otra forma tendría profundas dificultades para integrarse a la sociedad colombiana. Para explorar el potencial de estos mecanismos, el siguiente documento describe, de forma general, la importancia de las redes de migrantes y el PEP-RAMV durante los procesos migratorios, luego se señala que ambos son mecanismos diferentes, pero tienen puntos de encuentro y finalmente se describe la situación de ambos en torno a distintas afectaciones en los hogares generados por el Covid-19.
Publications
Published 2021
How Does it Feel to Be Part of the Minority?: Impacts of Perspective Taking on Prosocial Behavior
Can taking the perspective of an out-group reduce prejudice and promote prosociality? Building on insights from social psychology, we study the case of Colombian natives and Venezuelan immigrants. We conducted an online experiment in which we randomly assigned natives to either play an online game that immersed them in the life of a Venezuelan migrant or to watch a documentary about Venezuelans crossing the border on foot. Relative to a control group, both treatments increased altruism towards Venezuelans and improved some attitudes, but only the game significantly increased self-reported trust.
Publications
Published 2021
Migration Flows in Latin America and the Caribbean: Statistics on Permits for Migrants
Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing significant changes in migration patterns. The crisis in Venezuela has generated the second largest displacement of people after the one in Syria and is receiving far less international attention and resources. At the same time, there is a large and growing population of Haitians that have migrated to South America, and large numbers are moving from the Northern Triangle of Central America into Mexico and towards the United States, and from Nicaragua into Costa Rica. The new database presented and described in this report compiles data on the number of residence permits granted in fifteen countries of the region by type of permit and nationality of the migrant over a five-year period from 2015-2019. This time frame clearly shows the ongoing transformation of the region from primarily one of emigration to a much more complex scenario of growing intra-regional movements, with all the challenges of countries that send migrants, receive them, and host them in transit. This evolution presents challenges to all countries, and this new database is one measure to better understand these phenomena and help guide policy and investments in the region.
Publications
Published 2021
International Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean amid the COVID-19 Crisis: A Push for Digitalization?
Remittances constitute a significant safety net for millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Consequently, changes in international transfers can be a crucial agent of transmission of the COVID-19 induced economic crisis from richer to poorer nations and from urban to rural areas. Relying on data on queries to the search engine Google between December 2018 and July 2021, this study looks at the evolution of demand for in-person versus digital international transfer services and evaluates if take-up rates of different types of service providers trace the initial drop and subsequent rebound of remittances. The recovery of remittances was accompanied by a modest and temporary increase in the interest in digital mechanisms for sending money to home countries, which is accompanied by lower demand for brick-and-mortar service providers.
Publications
Published 2021
Research Insights: Do People Continue Migrating to Cities for Higher Wages despite Potentially Worse Living Conditions?
A pesar de los altos niveles de urbanización, persisten los incentivos económicos para migrar de las zonas rurales a zonas urbanas. Además de la brecha salarial urbana-rural esperada, tanto la probabilidad de encontrar un empleo formal como el costo más alto de la vivienda urbana también tienen una gran importancia. La brecha salarial urbana-rural es mayor para las personas con niveles educativos más altos y es mayor entre los hombres que entre las mujeres. La brecha salarial urbana-rural es más pequeña cuando la ciudad está más cerca de su zona geográfica rural de influencia, en las ciudades mejor preparadas para absorber los flujos migratorios, y en las zonas rurales con una mayor proporción de jóvenes (que tienden a ser más móviles).
Publications
Published 2023
Advancing a Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
To contain the climate crisis and meet the Paris Agreements goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels by 2050, countries around the world need to undergo deep socio-economic transformations towards carbon neutrality. This transition towards net-zero can take many forms and pathways for each economic sector, but regardless of its shape, there will be winners and losers. For countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), for example, achieving this goal can bring significant net financial benefits, estimated at 1% of the regions GDP by 2030. But if not well managed, the transition runs the risk of increasing inequality and exclusion. For that reason, countries in the region should be mindful of ensuring that it is just and that its benefits are distributed equitably. They should also ensure that its negative impacts are avoided, or that policies to reduce and compensate for negative impacts, especially for low-income households, are introduced. The impacts range from the transformations of jobs, skills, households and communities to fiscal stability and challenges to the political economy. This document identifies the social impacts of the transition to net-zero for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It discusses how a just transition is included in the climate change agenda and presents a set of actions that governments in the region can take to ensure that the transition to net-zero is just and inclusive.
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