Essays about: "diaspora engagement"

Showing result 21 - 22 of 22 essays containing the words diaspora engagement.

  1. 21. Diaspora Investment Impact: Transnational ties and homeland investment

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Johanna Modigsson; Veronica Nordlund; [2012]
    Keywords : diaspora engagement; migration linkage effects; cross-border investment; patriotism; community participation;

    Abstract : The diaspora has increasingly become the focus of attention in the migration and development field. As scholars and policymakers look for ways to harness the diasporas for development purposes, studying the factors that determine the impact of diaspora presence on economic outcomes becomes increasingly relevant. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Ties That Bind: A Study of Diaspora Engagement Policies in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klas Nilsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Ghana; transnationalism; remittances; development; migration; diaspora engagement policies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The present study concerns itself with an aspect of the migration-development debate that has heretofore been surprisingly neglected in academic research. While migrants’ transnational engagement have drawn much attention, the corresponding outreach undertaken by emigration states to actively ‘court’ the diaspora has until recently escaped notice. READ MORE