Innovative data approaches to enhance understanding of migration in Latin America
Jun 18, 2025 | 4:15 PM - 5:45 PMGround Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Jun 18, 2025 | 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Ground Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Description
With a focus on Latin America, panellists in the session, each selected by the IFMS Scientific Committee, will discuss the impact of digitalization on remittances, efforts to enhance migration data through alternative sources like media and the news, and strategies for integrating data to produce more accurate estimates of migrant populations. The discussion will be shaped by the country experiences presented by each panellist.
Moderator: Maria Isabel Cobos, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, UNSD
Speakers:
- Gemma Larramona, Associate Professor, Universidad de Zaragoza
- Elio Villaseñor, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)
- Juan Trejo Bedon, Statistical Specialist, National Institute of Statistics and Information, Peru
- Julibeth Rodriguez, Migration Specialist, National Statistics Institute of Chile
