Diasporas and Development - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674024559 ISBN 13 : 9780674024557

Editeur : Global Equity Initiative, 2007

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara J. Merz directs the Philanthropy Program of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University. Lincoln C. Chen is Director of the Global Equity Initiative at The Asia Center, Harvard University. Peter F. Geithner is Advisor to the Harvard University Global Equity Initiative and the former Director of Asia Programs at the Ford Foundation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Global Equity Initiative
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674024559
• ISBN 13: 9780674024557
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 800
• Éditeur: Merz Barbara J., Chen Lincoln C., Geithner Peter F.
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