Beyond the WDR 's state‐centrism

Multi‐level migration governance and migrant exclusion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9953565
AutoresSabrina Axster (0000-0002-8811-5624, Cornell University Ithaca New York USA, autor de correspondencia), Rachel Beatty Riedl (0000-0001-8961-5236, Cornell University Ithaca New York USA)
Año2025
Volumen63
Número2
Fecha de publicación2025-02-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.70003
OpenAlexW4407777326
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas16

The 2023 World Development Report, titled Migrants, Refugees, and Societies, analyses the state policies, laws, and labour market forces that determine the ability of migrants to improve their social and economic wellbeing. However, in its analysis the report adopts a state‐centric view, focusing predominantly on the state as the primary actor in the management of migration, thereby eliding a thorough analysis of how formal and informal institutions at the supranational and subnational levels impact the lives of migrants beyond citizenship. In this response, we instead argue for multi‐scalar analysis and evaluation of the policies that affect migrants. We illustrate how citizenship and access to its associated benefits are mediated at these multiple levels and bring compounding factors such as race, class, gender, religion, skill‐level, and rural or urban origin, among others, into view. This allows for a fuller analysis of the processes that shape migrant's experiences and lives

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