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Realizing the development potential of diasporas / edited by Krishnan Sharma, Arun Kashyap, Manuel F. Montes and Paul ladd.

Contributor(s): Sharma, Krishnan [editor] | Kashyap, Arun [editor] | Montes, Manuel F [editor] | Ladd, Paul [editor] | United Nations University Press.

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BookPublisher: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2011Description: xvii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789280811957 (pbk.); 9280811959 (pbk.).Subject(s): DEVELOPMENT | REMITTANCES | MIGRANTS

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1 Introduction: Opportunities and challenges for mobilizing the potential of developing country diasporas Krishnan.Sharma,.Arun.Kashyap,.Manuel.F ..Montes.and.. Paul.Ladd Part I: Setting the stage 2 Understanding diaspora diversity and its impact on development Jennifer.M ..Brinkerhoff Part II: Diaspora funds and the poor 3 Remittances, diaspora and inclusive micro-finance: What have we learnt? Arun.Kashyap.and.Kai.Schmitz 4 Fostering economic opportunity for transnational families Barbara.Span 5 Citibank’s experience serving the unbanked and under-banked through retail remittance services Ryan.Newton,.Trang-Thien.Tran.and.Marcela.Ramirez 6 Strengthening national policies for engaging diasporas as a development actor: Lessons from learning-by-doing activities Manuel.Orozco 7 Developing capacity: Diasporas as transnational agents of development Chukwu-Emeka.Chikezie Part III: Diaspora entrepreneurs and development 8 Strengthening the business sector in developing countries: The potential of diasporas Krishnan.Sharma.and.Manuel.F .Montes 9 Why is diaspora potential so elusive? Towards a new generation of initiatives to leverage countries’ talent abroad Yevgeny.Kuznetsov 10 Venture capital and fixed-income markets in developing economies Parag.Saxena 11 A Kenyan diaspora entrepreneur creating social value through tea: A case study Wanja.Michuki 12 ChileGlobal: A talent network for innovation Molly.Pollack 13 Policies to strengthen diaspora investment and entrepreneurship: Cross-national perspectives Liesl.Riddle.and.Tjai.M ..Nielsen Index ...253

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction: Opportunities and challenges for mobilizing the potential of developing country diasporas Krishnan.Sharma,.Arun.Kashyap,.Manuel.F ..Montes.and.. Paul.Ladd
Part I: Setting the stage
2 Understanding diaspora diversity and its impact on development Jennifer.M ..Brinkerhoff
Part II: Diaspora funds and the poor
3 Remittances, diaspora and inclusive micro-finance: What have we learnt? Arun.Kashyap.and.Kai.Schmitz
4 Fostering economic opportunity for transnational families Barbara.Span
5 Citibank’s experience serving the unbanked and under-banked through retail remittance services Ryan.Newton,.Trang-Thien.Tran.and.Marcela.Ramirez
6 Strengthening national policies for engaging diasporas as a development actor: Lessons from learning-by-doing activities Manuel.Orozco
7 Developing capacity: Diasporas as transnational agents of development Chukwu-Emeka.Chikezie
Part III: Diaspora entrepreneurs and development
8 Strengthening the business sector in developing countries: The potential of diasporas Krishnan.Sharma.and.Manuel.F .Montes
9 Why is diaspora potential so elusive? Towards a new generation of initiatives to leverage countries’ talent abroad Yevgeny.Kuznetsov
10 Venture capital and fixed-income markets in developing economies Parag.Saxena
11 A Kenyan diaspora entrepreneur creating social value through tea: A case study Wanja.Michuki
12 ChileGlobal: A talent network for innovation Molly.Pollack
13 Policies to strengthen diaspora investment and entrepreneurship: Cross-national perspectives Liesl.Riddle.and.Tjai.M ..Nielsen
Index ...253

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