Format:
1 online resource (358 pages)
ISBN:
9780821386194
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- OVERVIEW -- Harnessing Diaspora Resources for Africa -- 1 Diasporas of the South: Situating the African Diaspora in Africa -- 2 Another Link in the Chain: Migrant Networks and International Investment -- 3 Return Migration and Small Enterprise Development in the Maghreb -- 4 Diaspora Bonds: Tapping the Diaspora during Difficult Times -- 5 African Diaspora Associations in Denmark: A Study of Their Development Activities and Potentials -- 6 The Financial Consequences of High-Skill Emigration: Lessons from African Doctors Abroad -- 7 France's Codevelopment Program: Financial and Fiscal Incentives to Promote Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Transfers -- 8 The Migration for Development in Africa Experience and Beyond -- 9 Reinforcing the Contributions of African Diasporas to Development -- 10 Migration and Productive Investment: A Conceptual Framework -- Boxes -- 1 Defining Diasporas -- 2 The Role of Embassies in Enabling Diasporas -- 5.1 Danish Senior Citizens -- 5.2 The Ghanaian Female Chief -- 8.1 Different Modalities of Transfer of Intellectual and Socioprofessional Resources -- 8.2 MIDA Great Lakes - Enhancing the Capacity of the University of Goma -- 8.3 How the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda Include the Diaspora and Migration Communities in Country Policies and Action Plans -- Figures -- 1 Top Sources of African Immigrants in the United States, 2010 -- 2 Migration and Trade Go Hand in Hand -- 3 Investments in Business and Housing Funded by Remittances from Within and Outside Africa -- 1.1 Official Levels of Migration, South Africa, 1990-2002 -- 5.1 Types of Development Activities -- 6.1 Percentage of African-Born Doctors in the United States Who Received Their Medical Doctor Degrees in Their Countries of Birth.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821382585
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821382585
Language:
English
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
