Genre et migration, une approche juridique pour le cas du Mali
Gender is becoming increasingly important in different fields including migration. The paper examines some legal aspects linked to gender and migration as far as Mali is concerned. It especially tackles issues related to family reunification, personal status, right of asylum, protection of vulnerable persons, as well as discrimination. As for family reunification, some difficulties stem from disparities between regulations in receiving countries and in Mali. Besides, incompatibilities between rules concerning the personal status of Malian women and rules in host countries create complicated situations for immigrant women. Regarding the right of asylum, protection of vulnerable persons and discrimination issues, specific provisions focusing on female migrants are scarce. The status of migrant women is thus analyzed through rules applying to Malian migration in general. The relative lack of consideration of gender issues does not work in the favor of female migrants.
Le CIGEM – Centre d’Information et de Gestion des Migrations (Mali) : sa place face aux défis des politiques migratoires
Le Centre d’Information et de Gestion des Migration (CIGEM) au Mali est le fruit d’une serie de dialogues politiques euro-africains sur « Migration et Developpement ». Cependant, cette expression est souvent politise : le developpement est percu un outil pour freiner la migration. De serieux doutes se posent sur la pertinence de cette structure. Malgre un budget de 10 millions d’euros engages par l’Union Europeenne, les prestations offertes par le CIGEM semblent tres limitees pour favoriser la migration pour le developpement; au contraire, elles semblent plus etre un outil cherchant a limiter les flux migratoires. Le projet CIGEM s’il veut favoriser la relation « Migration et developpement », doit s’interroger sur la place qu’il occupe au sein de la politique migratoire europeenne.
Harnessing the potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development: Applying Concepts to West Africa
This paper provides a state-of-the-art literature review and is intended to stimulate discussions around some of the most salient issues concerning the relationship between migration, return, and development. It outlines the operational framework and research strategy that will be used to investigate this relationship in an ongoing research project focused on West Africa. 
 
The report first presents an overview of the contemporary trends in international migration, or more precisely intercontinental migration, regarding this geographical region. It then discusses the consequences that such migrations can have on domestic labour markets, the effects of migrant remittances, and the brain drain phenomenon. The return of migrants is addressed in a seperate section because this part of the migration process deserves special attention if a better understanding of the migration-development linkage is sought. The developmental impacts of potential capital transfers occurring with return, and particularly the transfer of financial, human, and social capital, are discussed in the subsequent section. Finally, the last section of this paper presents elements for a meso-level approach to study these issues in order to achieve an improved understanding of the highly complex relationship between international migration, return, and development.