Return Migrants Contributing to Entrepreneurship and Growth

Related Sustainable Development Goals and Global Compact for Migration Objectives

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SDG 8: Decent Work
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SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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GCM 16
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Developed by the Mainstreaming Migration into International Cooperation and Development project, this video demonstrates the importance of integrating migration into private sector development and trade programming. 

Joji is a return migrant from the Philippines who was a financial advisor in Canada. Upon return, harnessing the skills she developed abroad, she started a social enterprise to contribute to peacebuilding. She is now expanding her business by training local farmers to grow, sell, and trade their own coffee and improve sustainable livelihoods.