Diasporas and development

Author(s)

• Diaspora Philanthropy and Equitable Development Conference (2006 : Harvard University)
• Merz, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean)
• Chen, Lincoln C.
• Geithner, Peter F.
• Harvard University. Global Equity Initiative

Bibliographic Information

Diasporas and development

editors, Barbara J. Merz, Lincoln C. Chen, Peter F. Geithner

（Studies in global equity）

Published by Global Equity Initiative, Asia Center, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007

Note

"The chapters in this volume were presented in a conference organized by the Harvard Global Equity Initiative in May 2006."--Preface

"Diaspora Philanthropy and Equitable Development Conference, Harvard University, May 2006."--P. xi

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Just as trade, finance, information, and technologies are moving rapidly across borders, so too have labour markets and transnational migrant communities. Migrants are sending large quantities of money back to their countries of origin in the form of philanthropy, remittances, and commercial investments. They are also sharing knowledge and skills learned or developed abroad. Is greater global equity an inevitable consequence of such diaspora philanthropy, or can this giving actually aggravate inequity? "Diasporas and Development" examines the positive - and sometimes negative - impacts of diaspora engagement in Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean. How can the equity impact of this global giving be maximized? Might creative intermediary mechanisms or public policies help channel diaspora philanthropy in positive directions? They also explore motivations for the dark sides of diaspora engagement such as support for extremist organizations, organized crime, ethnic violence, and even civil war. "Diasporas and Development" aims to deepen the understanding of the promise and pitfalls of diaspora philanthropy and how it might help bridge the distances between societies in an unequal world.

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Details

• NCID: BA83027835
• ISBN:
  • 9780674024557
• LCCN: 2006102558
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 274 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HG3877
  • DC22 : 338.9009172/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Emigrant remittances -- Developing countries -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Labor mobility -- Developing countries -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Equality -- Developing countries -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Economic development -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69630054