"World Development Report 2023 proposes an innovative approach to maximize the development impacts of cross-border movements on both destination and origin countries and on migrants and refugees themselves. The framework it offers, drawn from labor economics and international law, rests on a “Match and Motive Matrix” that focuses on two factors: how closely migrants’ skills and attributes match the needs of destination countries and what motives underlie their movements."

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Source: World Bank

Illustration: Puntoaparte Editores, Bogotá, Colombia, with input from the Design team in the Global Corporate Solutions unit of the World Bank.