Governance Loop

Ep.005 - Misinformation and Irregular Migration in Nigeria

May 06, 2022 Season 1 Episode 5
Governance Loop
Ep.005 - Misinformation and Irregular Migration in Nigeria
Show Notes

Today’s episode is part of our Seminar Series, in which we facilitate discussions on work conducted by teams of academic researchers and practitioners that relates to one of four thematic topics: 1) Crime Reduction & Police Accountability, 2) Climate Change Governance, 3) Displacement, Migration, & Integration, and 4) Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization.

This episode focuses on Displacement, Migration, and Integration,  presenting a discussion with researchers Alexandra Scacco (WZB) and Bernd Beber (RWI), along with Emeka Eluemunor (Country Director) of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Nigeria, the research and policy nonprofit that implemented the survey. IPA Nigeria recently worked with the researchers to run a field experiment conducted in the Nigerian states of Delta and Edo—epicenters of irregular migration—that provided detailed information about the migration journey to a representative sample of households and measured impacts on actual migration. Gareth Nellis, EGAP member and Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, moderates the conversation.