Policy Midterm Part 3: Health Solutions, Refugees

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Core Functions of WHO

Building Institutions

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Governance Reform

Reforming government institutions or structure- decide who gets healthcare

Capacity Building

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Monitoring and Transparency

Publicize information so people become aware

Build Infrastrucure

-Research development is critical-Build facilities (laboratories, hospitals) actually building-Improve coordination across facilities -Develop oversight systems- manage facilities and make sure they're functioning like they're supposed to.

Develop Human Resources

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Provide Consumable Inputs

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People who translate policy to what individuals can experience

Role of Intermediaries

Migration

Moving from one place to another, either temporarily or permanently

Migrant

Someone moving from one place to another

Refugee

Someone fleeing from one place to another

Migrant Root Causes

Money, opportunities

Refugee Root Causes

Fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country

Revealed Preference

Best option among alternatives revealed by the choices people make

Timing of Outcomes

Immediate, Short-term/Intermediate, Long-term, Adverse effect/preverse effect, spillover effect/externality, unintended consequence

Immediate

As soon as the policy is implemented, this outcome is affected. Offensively obvious.

Short-term/Intermediate

An outcome affected by the policy "downstream" from the immediate outcome, still a direct effect

Long-Term

A slow-moving outcome (often indirectly) affected by the policy

Adverse Effect/Preverse Effect

Negative effect of policy

Spillover Effect/Externality

Effect of policy on those who were not considered when the policy was enacted

UNHCR Solutions

-Voluntary repatriation (only works for majorities)-Resettlement (Main focus in class)-Local Integration in host country (Happen to be in that country, doesn't work usually)

Reactive solutions instead of proactive

New York Declarations had....

LOOK AT LECTURE 6A REFUGEES NEW YORK DECLARATION

LOOK AT LECTURE 6A REFUGEES NEW YORK DECLARATION

-General vs. Specific (Certain things are extremely general and supposed to be happening already-New Solutions- lack of innovative ideas-Lack of new understanding of "persecution"-Consequence of Noncompliance-Cross-National Coordiantion

Weaknesses of New York Declaration

Quotas

Refugee Policy tool: Limiting immigration/refugees by country, skill level, English knowledge

Border Control

Refugee Policy tool: Limiting "illegal" (undocumented) immigration

Visa Restrictions

Refugee Policy tool: Restricting time of visas, adjusting categories of visas, raising requirements to obtain visas

Employer Restrictions/Incentives

Refugee Policy tool: Restricting and imposing costs on employing immigrants/refugees, or instead providing incentives for doing so, or helping "match" immigrants (esp. refugees) to opportunities.

Benefits Restrictions/Promotion

Refugee Policy tool: Limiting or subsidizing services

Resettlement Support

Refugee Policy tool: Language lessons, housing searches, paying for flights.