Diasporas And Development

Author : Abel Chikanda,Jonathan Crush,Margaret Walton-Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319221656

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Diasporas, Development and Governance by Abel Chikanda,Jonathan Crush,Margaret Walton-Roberts Pdf

Drawing on examples from the global North and South, this book examines the relationship between migration, development and diaspora engagement from a governance perspective. It explores the ways that governments interact with their own extra-national diasporic populations in order to boost economic development, build global trading and investment networks, and increase their political leverage overseas. Inside, readers will find fifteen essays which highlight such issues as diaspora engagement by governments at different scales, the divisions that often exist within diaspora groups, diaspora transnationalism and return migration, diaspora knowledge networks and higher education capacity building, and the neglected issues of South-South migration and diasporas as well as North-South migration and diasporas. The book presents empirical case studies from various geographical contexts including Australia, Canada, the Philippines, India, the Caribbean, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Overall, this book presents fresh insights into how and why migrant-sending countries are increasingly turning to the diaspora option to attempt to benefit from the transfer of knowledge, skills and financial and social capital. It provides policy makers, researchers, and students with new perspectives on governance and the means by which states are attempting to utilize their diaspora resources.

Author : Sonia Plaza,Dilip Ratha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821382585

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Diaspora for Development in Africa by Sonia Plaza,Dilip Ratha Pdf

The diaspora of developing countries can be a potent force for development, through remittances, but more importantly, through promotion of trade, investment, knowledge and technology transfers. The book aims to consolidate research and evidence on these issues with a view to formulating policies in both sending and receiving countries.

Author : Dina Ionescu,International Organization for Migration
Publisher : International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122923704

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Engaging Diasporas as Development Partners for Home and Destination Countries by Dina Ionescu,International Organization for Migration Pdf

This publication explores different challenges posed to home and host country governments engaging with their diasporas for development purposes. Topics covered include: defining and gathering data on diasporas; incorporating diaspora contributions into development strategies; partnering with relevant diasporas; home country programmes and incentives conducive to diaspora contributions; identifying resources available within diasporas and how their impact on development can be maximised.

Author : Sadananda Sahoo,B.K. Pattanaik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788132210474

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Global Diasporas and Development by Sadananda Sahoo,B.K. Pattanaik Pdf

​This volume discusses how diasporas have evolved and engaged in economic, social and cultural domains of their host and home countries across the globe. The volume is divided into six parts: Issues, Challenges and Development Experiences; Diaspora Finance and Economic Development; Knowledge Transfer and Diasporas; The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion; Gender and Diasporas; and Representation in Film, Theatre and Literature. It is truly a global representation of diasporic engagement. Its contributions come from experts in various disciplines across the globe, and the chapters cover socioeconomic, policy-related and cultural elements in countries as far apart as New Zealand and Zimbabwe. The contributors discuss major issues related to local communities' engagement with the diaspora and diaspora--home relations in Africa, West Asia, South and South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, China, and the USA, providing a panoramic view of diasporic flows in the twenty-first century. The interdisciplinary thrust of the volume, together with its global focus, makes this volume useful to researchers, academics and experts from the social sciences, population sciences and development studies, as also to analysts and policymakers across the world.

Author : Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias,Kathleen Newland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Aliens
ISBN : UCLA:L0106392111

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Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development by Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias,Kathleen Newland Pdf

State governments recognize the value diaspora populations bring to development efforts worldwide. Since 2007, the Global Forum on Migration and Development has examined ways to highlight policies and programs that can magnify the resources, both human and financial, that emigrants and their descendants contribute to development. This handbook continues that effort on the basis of earlier investigations by the book's collaborating institutions, the academic and policy literature, consultations and in-depth interviews with government officials and nongovernmental actors, and input by 62 national governments. The handbook is divided into three major parts. Each part gives concrete examples of policies and programs that have been effective, and pulls out both useful lessons and common challenges associated with the topics at hand. The pivotal question now facing many policymakers is not so much if diasporas can benefit their countries of origin but how they do so and what kinds of government policies and programs can foster these relationships.

Author : Devesh Kapur
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691162119

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Diaspora, Development, and Democracy by Devesh Kapur Pdf

What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? The first book to examine the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy provides a conceptual framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries. Devesh Kapur finds that migration has influenced India far beyond a simplistic "brain drain"--migration's impact greatly depends on who leaves and why. The book offers new methods and empirical evidence for measuring these traits and shows how data about these characteristics link to specific outcomes. For instance, the positive selection of Indian migrants through education has strengthened India's democracy by creating a political space for previously excluded social groups. Because older Indian elites have an exit option, they are less likely to resist the loss of political power at home. Education and training abroad has played an important role in facilitating the flow of expertise to India, integrating the country into the world economy, positively shaping how India is perceived, and changing traditional conceptions of citizenship. The book highlights a paradox--while international migration is a cause and consequence of globalization, its effects on countries of origin depend largely on factors internal to those countries. A rich portrait of the Indian migrant community, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy explores the complex political and economic consequences of migration for the countries migrants leave behind.

Author : T. Yong,M. Rahman
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137334444

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Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia by T. Yong,M. Rahman Pdf

A global cast of contributors document the various forms of diaspora engagement – philanthropy, volunteerism, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and virtual diaspora - in South Asia and provide insights on how to tap the development potential of diaspora engagement for countries in South Asia.

Author : International Court of Justice
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213630181

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Engaging Diasporas as Development Partners for Home and Destination Countries by International Court of Justice Pdf

This publication explores different challenges posed to home and host country governments engaging with their diasporas for development purposes. How to define diasporas? How to gather data on diasporas? How to incorporate diaspora contributions into development strategies? How to identify most relevant partners within the diasporas? What incentives are conducive to diaspora contributions? What resources are available within diasporas and how can their impact on development be maximized? What is the role for policy? These are some of the questions raised in this publication.

Author : Doctor Claire Mercer,Ben Page,Martin Evans
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848136441

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Development and the African Diaspora by Doctor Claire Mercer,Ben Page,Martin Evans Pdf

There has been much recent celebration of the success of African 'civil society' in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks - 'home associations' - whose economic contributions are being used to develop home. Despite these networks being part of the flow of migrants' resources back to Africa that now outweighs official development assistance, the relationship between the flow of capital and social and political change are still poorly understood. Looking in particular at Cameroon and Tanzania, the authors examine the networks of migrants that have been created by making 'home associations' international. They argue that claims in favour of enlarging 'civil society' in Africa must be placed in the broader context of the political economy of migration and wider debates concerning ethnicity and belonging. They demonstrate both that diasporic development is distinct from mainstream development, and that it is an uneven historical process in which some 'homes' are better placed to take advantage of global connections than others. In doing so, the book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora to fulfill obligations to home.

Author : Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1626373337

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Diasporas and Development by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff Pdf

Author : Kathleen Newland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0974281972

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Diasporas by Kathleen Newland Pdf

Diasporas play an increasingly prominent role in discussions on foreign assistance and development policy. Governments of migrant-sending countries are working to attract both the talents and resources of emigrants and their descendants while governments of aid-sending countries hope to improve the outcomes of development assistance by engaging the talents and expertise of diasporas. Independently of governments, many diaspora groups or individuals recognize profitable opportunities in their homelands or contribute their time, talents, and resources to improving the quality of life there. This volume examines the development impact of diasporas in six critical areas: entrepreneurship, capital markets, "nostalgia" trade and "heritage" tourism, philanthropy, volunteerism, and advocacy. It is the result of research commissioned by the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Poverty Reduction, Diaspora Networks Alliance. Contributors include Roberto Munster, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Carlyanna Taylor, and Aaron Terrazas.

Author : Peter F. Geithner,Lincoin C Chen Barbara J Merz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 8125035842

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Diasporas And Development (Pul) by Peter F. Geithner,Lincoin C Chen Barbara J Merz Pdf

Diasporas and Development aims to deepen the understanding of the promise and pitfalls of diaspora engagement and how it may help to bridge the distances between societies in an unequal world. Just as trade, finance, information and technologies are moving rapidly across borders, so too have labour markets and transnational migrant communities. Migrants are sending large quantities of money back to their countries of origin in the form of philanthropy, remittances and commercial investments. They are also sharing knowledge and skills learned or honed abroad. Is greater global equity an inevitable consequence of diaspora engagement in their countries of origin, or can it actually aggravate inequity? Diasporas and Development examines the positive and sometimes negative impacts of diaspora engagement through examination of policies and philanthropic modalities as well as specific regional examples of diaspora activity.

Author : Rainer Bauböck,Thomas Faist
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789089642387

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Diaspora and Transnationalism by Rainer Bauböck,Thomas Faist Pdf

Diaspora & transnationalism are widely used concepts in academic & political discourses. Although originally referring to quite different phenomena, they increasingly overlap today. Such inflation of meanings goes hand in hand with a danger of essentialising collective identities. This book analyses this topic.

Author : Anastasia Christou,Elizabeth Mavroudi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317149583

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Dismantling Diasporas by Anastasia Christou,Elizabeth Mavroudi Pdf

Re-energising debates on the conceptualisation of diasporas in migration scholarship and in geography, this work stresses the important role that geographers can play in interrupting assumptions about the spaces and processes of diaspora. The intricate, material and complex ways in which those in diaspora contest, construct and perform identity, politics, development and place is explored throughout this book. The authors ’dismantle’ diasporas in order to re-theorise the concept through empirically grounded, cutting-edge global research. This innovative volume will appeal to an international and interdisciplinary audience in ethnic, migration and diaspora studies as it tackles comparative, multi-sited and multi-method research through compelling case studies in a variety of contexts spanning the Global North and South. The research in this book is guided by four interconnected themes: the ways in which diasporas are constructed and performed through identity, the body, everyday practice and place; how those in diaspora become politicised and how this leads to unities and disunities in relation to 'here' and 'there'; the ways in which diasporas seek to connect and re-connect with their 'homelands' and the consequences of this in terms of identity formation, employment and theorising who 'counts' as a diaspora; and how those in diaspora engage with homeland development and the challenges this creates.

Author : Ajaya K. Sahoo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000366884

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Routledge Handbook of Asian Diaspora and Development by Ajaya K. Sahoo Pdf

This handbook offers an analysis of Asian diaspora and development, and explores the role that immigrants living within diasporic and transnational communities play in the development of their host countries and their homeland. Bringing together an array of interdisciplinary scholars from across the world, the handbook is divided into the following sections: • Development Potential of Asian Diasporas • Diaspora, Homeland, and Development • Gender, Generation, and Identities • Soft Power, Mobilization, and Development • Media, Culture, and Representations. Presenting cutting-edge research on several dimensions of diaspora and development, Routledge Handbook of Asian Diaspora and Development provides a platform for further discussion in the fields of migration studies, diaspora studies, transnational studies, race relations, ethnic studies, gender studies, globalization, Asian studies, and research methods.