Leveraging migration for Africa : remittances, skills, and investments /

A joint effort led by the African Development Bank and the World Bank, 'Leveraging Migration for Africa' is the first comprehensive publication on harnessing migration, remittances, and other diaspora resources for the development of Africa. It comes at a time when countries in Africa and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ratha, Dilip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2011.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
Emigrant remittances > Africa.
African diaspora > Economic aspects.
Investments, Foreign > Africa.
Economic development > Africa.
Envois de fonds des émigrants > Afrique.
Africains > Pays étrangers > Aspect économique.
Investissements étrangers > Afrique.
Développement économique > Afrique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic development
Emigrant remittances
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
Investments, Foreign
Africa > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Afrique > Émigration et immigration > Aspect économique.
Africa
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Migration patterns and policies in Africa. Migration from and within Africa
  • Immigration to Africa
  • Understanding cross-country migration patterns
  • Socioeconomic characteristics of migrants from Africa
  • Managing migration. Migrant remittances. Recent remittance trends and the impact of the global financial crisis
  • Implications of remittances at the macroeconomic level
  • Development impact of remittances at the microeconomic level
  • Remittance markets in Africa
  • Toward less costly and more transparent remittances : policy changes. Migration of the highly skilled. Benefits and patterns of high-skilled migration
  • Earnings of tertiary-educated migrants in destination labor markets
  • Policy options. Harnessing the resources of the diaspora. Locating the African diaspora
  • Benefiting from diasporas
  • An emerging policy agenda to maximize the benefits of diasporas
  • Dealing with diaspora communities abroad.

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