GLO led Session at the APPAM International Conference in Brussels, 13-14 July 2017

The international conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) will take place in Brussels on 13-14 July 2017,under the theme ‘Public Policy & Governance Beyond Borders’. The event is co-hosted by MGSoG/UNU-MERIT (Maastricht University, NL) and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Syracuse University, USA).

GLO Director Alessio J.G. Brown organized and will chair a session “Labor Market and Health Impacts of Refugees and Asylum Seekers ” on Friday, July 14 at the international conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).

The Panel Session will consist of the following presentations:

Amelie F. Constant, Princeton University; Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Immigrant Health Assimilation in Europe

Veronika Fajth, Maastricht University

The Effects of Refugees on Social Cohesion in Local Communities: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda

Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Overseas Development Institute

Cash Transfers for Refugees: The Economic and Social Effects of a Programme in Jordan