The Future of Migration to GCC Countries Migrants' Aspirations, Labour Reforms, and Politics

Françoise De Bel-Air (Ph.D.) is a researcher and consultant on population data, policies and dynamics in Arab countries. Currently a senior fellow with the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration and Population program (GLMM) of the Gulf Research Center (Geneva/Riyad), she was posted at the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) in Amman, Jordan, for several years and a part-time professor at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. Her publications include three edited volumes and over fifty book chapters, scientific articles and research papers on population issues in the Arab region. 

Nasra M. Shah is currently a professor of Migration and Development at the Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan, and was professor of Demography at Kuwait University for over 30 years. She is the scientific director of the Gulf Labor Markets, Migration and Population Program. Labor migration, especially from Asian to oil-rich Gulf countries, has been a consistent and very prominent theme in her research. She has served on editorial boards of Asian and Pacific Migration Journal and Migration and Development. She is an author of over 100 professional papers and editor of 8 books.