The 10 Building Blocks for Thinking About Immigration: An MBA Assignment

This MBA assignment discusses Paul Collier's 10 building blocks for a well-structured scrutiny of migration. It covers factors such as the impact of migration on the host country's economy, the role of diasporas, and the motivation behind relocation from underprivileged to rich countries.

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Paul Collier carried out a research on migration with the aim of modifying migration policies.
According to him, previous researches conducted were remarkably accurate but the forecast on
migration consequences were overshadowed. As a result he developed ten building blocks he
considered key for a well-structured scrutiny of migration. He talks of the need of having
migration controls reviewed supporting them with the below discussed factors.
Block one: Around forty percent of the populace of developing countries says they would
migrate if they can (Haub, & Kaneda, 2012). The resulting effect of this would be that the host
country would suffer lower standards of living as a result of a cramping economy as the emigrant
would have no workmanship left thus weakening its economy more. If the job market of the host
country is flocked with huge numbers of foreign unskilled workers it implies that the local
employment seekers will suffer negatively since their chances of securing opportunities will
drastically reduce. However, these immigrants might also be entrepreneurs and thus create
employment opportunities for the unemployed lot in the recipient nation.
Block two: Diasporas accelerate immigration. By “Diasporas” he actually meant the immigrants
and their descendants. These are believed to maintain strong ties with their country people and
this reduces the cost of migration as well as encourages it. The Diasporas keep inviting more of
their own to the foreign country at any smallest opportunity they land on and by having the
connections; it all starts as a visit before it is considered a permanent stay. An abandoned
insinuation is that migration tends to speed up: migration physiques Diasporas and Diasporas
ease ensuing immigration. Nevertheless, these particular roles of Diasporas bring together an
additional prospective impact of culture and its values. The ethnic detachment between home and

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recipient cultures might impact on the frequency at which migrants engross into their recipient
society, and henceforth the frequency at which their relations with their nation-of-origin
deteriorate (Bayer, Keohane, & Timmins, 2009).
Block four: Relocation from underprivileged to rich countries is motivated by the broad gap in
revenue between the two groups (Milanovic, 2013).This gap is mainly as a result of political,
cultural, economic and technological policies. The emigrant countries suffer from dysfunctional
systems of the above named mainly as a result of their culture holdings. Most of these migrants
escape from the repercussions of their schemes and frequently carry their culture with them to
the host country. Most of the immigrants’ shifts from developing nations to the affluent nations
normally get it impelled by their underprivileged economic status and poor living stands (Kesler,
& Bloemraad, 2010).They, thus, relocate to make their ends meet. Looking at this phenomenon
critically, one can argue that shifting to another country as a way of escaping harsh economic
conditions is not a solution. Instead they should fight tooth and nail to deduce a long-lasting
solution to their woes.
In conclusion, however, it is worth noting that Collier’s “10 Building Blocks for Thinking About
Immigration” are not unquestionable realities but the weightiness of evidence and prove favors
them to capricious degrees. In case an individual’s understandings on migration are mismatched
with these of Collier, they rest on a base too brittle for fervent conviction.

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References
Bayer, P., Keohane, N., & Timmins, C. (2009). Migration and hedonic valuation: The case of air
quality. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 58(1), 1-14.
Haub, C., & Kaneda, T. (2012). World population data sheet 2012. Population Reference
Bureau.
Kesler, C., & Bloemraad, I. (2010). Does immigration erode social capital? The conditional
effects of immigration-generated diversity on trust, membership, and participation across
19 countries, 1981–2000. Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de
science politique, 43(2), 319-347.
Milanovic, B. (2013). Global income inequality in numbers: In history and now. Global
policy, 4(2), 198-208.