Title Diasporas and development / editors Barbara J. Merz, Lincoln C. Chen, Peter F. Geithner

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Global Equity Initiative, Asia Center, Harvard University ; distributed by Harvard University Press, [2007] ©2007

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Description xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Studies in global equity Studies in global equity. Contents Ch. 1. Overview : diasporas and development / Barbara J. Merz, Lincoln C. Chen and Peter F. Geithner -- Ch. 2. Focusing on the state : government responses to diaspora giving and implications for equity / Mark Sidel -- Ch. 3. What can remittances and other migrant flows do for equitable development? / David de Ferranti and Anthony J. Ody -- Ch. 4. The Janus face of diasporas / Devesh Kapur -- Ch. 5. Diaspora philanthropy to Asia / Adil Najam -- Ch. 6. African diasporas / Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome -- Ch. 7. Diaspora engagement in the Caribbean / Barbara J. Merz -- Ch. 8. Central American diasporas and hometown associations / Manuel Orozco Analysis Diaspora philanthropy Equitable development Notes The chapters in this volume were presented at the Diaspora Philanthropy And Equitable Development Conference organized by the Harvard Global Equity Initiative in May 2006. Contributors highlight diaspora activity in Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Emigrant remittances -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Labor mobility -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Equality -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Economic development -- Congresses. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Merz, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1974- Chen, Lincoln C. Geithner, Peter F. Harvard University. Global Equity Initiative. LC no. 2006102558 ISBN 9780674024557 paperback 0674024559 paperback

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