Labor Mobility Partnerships

Lamp improves the quality of existing Labor Mobility pathways primarily by professionalizing the recruitment industry, improving transparency, and dramatically reducing risks of debt bondage for migrant workers. Responsible recruitment gives workers access to well-paid, rights-respecting jobs abroad while mitigating the risks they face in the migration process. It further provides businesses with access to a steady pool of highly reliable workers that will make it easier to increase productivity gains. Historically, however, the recruitment practices in many migration corridors are unethical and rife with fraud, forcing workers into severe debt or forced Labor, driven by perverse incentives built into the design. To improve the quality of recruitment, lamp tailors each project to the realities of each corridor and sector where we work. In some cases, we support by working with existing market players on cost-effective ways to adopt responsible practices or incentivize the transition. In other cases, we help seed a new industry of responsible actors or bolster the delivery capacity and market share of existing ones. In all cases, we seek solutions that acknowledge and help further the interests of everyone at the table buyers, employers, recruiters, and workers so that responsible recruitment can be sustained in the long run.

Lamp increases the scale of existing Labor Mobility pathways primarily by designing new and strengthening existing migration pathways, opening up millions of dollars in increased income for workers born in low-income countries and their families, and addressing severe Labor needs in high-income countries. Traditional migration policies in high-income countries often exclude workers who could meet the critical Labor needs in trade and service sectors. This is because the current policies typically focus on higher skilled migrants and are less oriented on criteria that reflect the full diversity of Labor market needs. Lamp takes an occupational approach to creating and improving migration programs based on the needs of employing industries in high-income countries.