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Diasporas and development : exploring the potential /
"For some time in diaspora studies, attention to remittances has overshadowed the growing impact of emigrant groups both within the social and political arenas in their homelands and with regard to fundamental economic development. The authors of Diasporas and Development redress this imbalance...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, Colorado :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page; copyright page; Contents; Preface; ch1-The Potential of Diasporas and Development; Diasporas: For Worse, or for Better?; Diasporas, Identity, and Motivation; Economic Effects of Diasporas; Diaspora Knowledge Transfer; Overview of the Book; What Role for Foreign Aid?; Notes; Part1-Diasporas' Response to Homeland Conflict; Part 1 Introduction; Ch2-Organizational Responses to Homeland Crisis: The US Afghan Diaspora; Afghanistan in Crisis; Methodology; Data Findings; Implications; A Final Note on Diaspora Potential; Notes.
- Ch3-Remittance Relief and Not-Just-for-Profit Entrepreneurship: The Case of LiberiaLiberia: Three Decades of Crisis; Characterizing the Liberian Diaspora in the United States; Economic Contributions of the Liberian Diaspora to Their War-Torn Homeland; Diaspora Philanthropy: A Neglected "Third Humanitarian Space"?; Questions for Future Comparative Research; Conclusion; Notes; ch4-Recruiting from the Diaspora: The Local Governance Program in Iraq; Methodology; Iraq and the Diaspora; The Local Governance Program; DIP Contributions to LGP Accomplishments.
- Overview of the Local Governance Program's Diaspora Iraqi ProfessionalsSome Difficulties in the Use of Diaspora Iraqi Professionals; Diaspora Iraqi Professionals and the Challenges of Postconflict Reconstruction Projects; Conclusion; Notes; Part2-Mobilizing DiasporaHomeland Investment; Part 2 Introduction; ch5-The Factors Conducive to Diaspora Investment: Comparing China, Armenia, and Ireland; Characteristics of Diasporas; A Tale of Three Diasporas; Three Propositions; Conclusion; Notes; ch6-Supporting Business Development: Armenia's Experience; Armenia and Its Diaspora.
- Methodology and Framework for AnalysisDiaspora Business Support in Armenia; Comparing the Three Paradigms; Conclusion; Notes; ch7-Homeland Export and Investment Promotion Agencies: The Case of Afghanistan; Export and Investment Promotion and Economic Development; Diaspora Economic Involvement in Afghanistan; Conclusion: Areas for Future Research; Notes; Part3-Beyond Remittances: Knowledge and Networks for National Development; Part 3 Introduction; ch8-Diaspora Networks for Creating National Infrastructure: Rural Morocco, 1985-2005; Constituting Remittances; Electrifying Remittances.
- Bringing the State by the HandLessons for Reconstituting Remittances; Notes; ch9-National Development Planning: The Case of Dominica; Perspectives on Remittances and Brain Drain; Dominica: Remittances, Brain Drain, and Beyond; Conclusion; Notes; Part4-Conclusion; ch10-Diasporas and Development: Issues and Impediments; The Reality of Diasporas in the Twenty-First Century; Considerations Linking Diasporas and Development; Policy Arenas for Engaging the Diaspora; Current Practices Linking Diasporas to Development; Impediments to Linking Diasporas to Formal Development Efforts; Conclusion; Notes.