Realizing The Development Potential Of Diasporas

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9280811959

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Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas by Anonim Pdf

In this book, international experts including academics, policymakers, private sector practitioners, and representatives of diaspora communities further our understanding of how the growing population of expatriates from the developing world can be effectively leveraged to promote development in their homelands. The contributors cover issues relating to diaspora diversity and its impact on development, the potential of expatriates to further entrepreneurship and business development in their homelands, the effectiveness of remittances in furthering inclusive development, and policies to better engage diasporas as drivers of development. Their analyses are supported by examples and case studies focusing on the experiences of specific diaspora networks, home country institutions promoting diaspora engagement, migrant entrepreneurs, and financial institutions facilitating remittances. The contributing experts and practitioners come from a range of public and private organizations and institutions including Microfinance International Corporation, Western Union, Citibank, the Indus Entrepreneurs, Highland Tea Company, Chile Global, World Bank, United Nations, Inter-American Dialogue, African Foundation for Development, and The George Washington University. Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas draws from papers originally presented during a Rockefeller Foundation meeting in 2008 and subsequently updated, as well as from discussions and research from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the United Nations Development Program and from meetings of the United Nations General Assembly.

Author : Kathleen Newland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 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 : Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1626373337

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Diasporas and Development by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff Pdf

Author : Abel Chikanda,Jonathan Crush,Margaret Walton-Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 43,8 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 : International Court of Justice
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Sonia Plaza,Dilip Ratha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1336339510

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The Development Potential of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias
Publisher : Migration Policy Institute and the Bertelsmann Foundation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Aliens
ISBN : 0974281956

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Closing the Distance by Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias Pdf

"This book offers an unprecedented taxonomy of 45 diaspora-engaging institutions found in 30 developing countries, exploring their activities and objectives; it also provides important perspectives from country case studies by senior practitioners from Mali, Mexico, and the Philippines."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias,Kathleen Newland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 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 : International Court of Justice
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213630143

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Migration and Development by International Court of Justice Pdf

There is growing consensus that international migration can have important impacts on development, and that it is important to develop appropriate and effective policy interventions that will help realize the full potential of international migration. This will require devising measures to harness the developmental potential that emigration from developing countries can bring while, at the same time, ensuring that the depletion of highly skilled workers does not damage development outcomes in the countries of origin. This paper is intended to guide policymakers through some of these challenges.

Author : Yevgeny Kuznetsov
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821366486

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Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills by Yevgeny Kuznetsov Pdf

Network diasporas are but the latest bridge connecting developing economy insiders, with their risk-mitigating knowledge and connections, to outsiders in command of technical know-how and investment capital. This book examines the interaction of expatriate talent with institutions in expatriates' countries of origin in an attempt to make the potential of diasporas and their knowledge a reality. The question of how to trigger and sustain such a virtuous cycle is a central concern of this book. The focus is on the "how to" details of how to design effective diaspora networks and transform brain drain into brain gain.

Author : Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131657525

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Diasporas and Development by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff Pdf

The authors of this book focus on three core issues - the responses of diasporas to homeland conflicts, strategies for mobilizing effective homeland investment and the positive role of direct diaspora participation in development efforts.

Author : Anastasia Christou,Elizabeth Mavroudi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317149590

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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 : Melissa Phillips,Louise Olliff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030978662

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Understanding Diaspora Development by Melissa Phillips,Louise Olliff Pdf

This book brings together new research that engages with the concept of diaspora from a uniquely Australian perspective and provides a timely contribution to the development of research-informed policy, both in the Australian context and more broadly. It builds on the understanding of the complex drivers and domains of diaspora transnationalism and its implications for countries and people striving to develop human capabilities in a globally interconnected but also fractured world. The chapters showcase a wide range of diaspora experiences from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. This work demonstrates the usefulness of diaspora as a concept to explore the experiences of migrant and refugee communities in Australia and the Pacific and further understanding on the peacebuilding, conflict, economic, humanitarian and political engagements of diaspora communities globally. The insights and findings from the breadth of research featured shed light on broader debates about diasporas, migration and development, and transnationalism.

Author : M. Panizzon,G. Zurcher,E. Fornalé,Gottfried Zürcher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137352217

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The Palgrave Handbook of International Labour Migration by M. Panizzon,G. Zurcher,E. Fornalé,Gottfried Zürcher Pdf

This Handbook focuses on the complexity surrounding the interaction between trade, labour mobility and development, taking into consideration social, economic and human rights implications, and identifies mechanisms for lawful movements across borders and their practical implementation.