Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks

Farbenblum, B; Berg, L; Kintominas, A

Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks

Farbenblum, B Berg, L

Kintominas, A

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Publisher:: Open Society Foundations
Publication Type:: Report
Citation:: 2018, pp. i - 48 (54)
Issue Date:: 2018-11

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dc.contributor.author	Farbenblum, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Berg, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-6283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kintominas, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-11	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2018, pp. i - 48 (54)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/132590
dc.description.abstract	Digital technology offers the promise to transform the labour migration landscape and to empower workers in new and previously uncontemplated ways. However it also gives rise to a host of practical, ethical and legal challenges. This report takes stock of the rapidly evolving landscape of digital tools that businesses, worker advocates and governments have developed to address exploitative recruitment and labour conditions. It considers the factors that contribute to (or undermine) the effectiveness of these tools, and the risks they create for workers and host organisations. These include legal, financial and security risks. The report considers resourcing and other challenges to sustainability and scalability of digital tools, and approaches to design and implementation that ensure the tools are taken up by vulnerable workers and deliver meaningful outcomes to them. It concludes that technology’s transformative potential will only be realized through responsible and well-considered approaches to the funding, development, and implementation of platforms that respond to migrant workers’ vulnerabilities and the structural drivers of exploitation.	en_US
dc.publisher	Open Society Foundations	en_US
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dc.title	Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks	en_US
dc.type	Report
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Abstract:

Digital technology offers the promise to transform the labour migration landscape and to empower workers in new and previously uncontemplated ways. However it also gives rise to a host of practical, ethical and legal challenges. This report takes stock of the rapidly evolving landscape of digital tools that businesses, worker advocates and governments have developed to address exploitative recruitment and labour conditions. It considers the factors that contribute to (or undermine) the effectiveness of these tools, and the risks they create for workers and host organisations. These include legal, financial and security risks. The report considers resourcing and other challenges to sustainability and scalability of digital tools, and approaches to design and implementation that ensure the tools are taken up by vulnerable workers and deliver meaningful outcomes to them. It concludes that technology’s transformative potential will only be realized through responsible and well-considered approaches to the funding, development, and implementation of platforms that respond to migrant workers’ vulnerabilities and the structural drivers of exploitation.

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