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Global Migration and Development

Editor: Ton Van Naerssen, Ernst Spaan, Annelies Zoomers
Global Migration and Development
Retail Price: $192.00
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ISBN-13: 9780415962476
ISBN: 0415962471
Format: Hardcover
Date Published: January 2008
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This volume addressesthe question: to what extent and under what conditions does international migration contribute to local and national development?

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Table of Contents:


Globalization, Migration, and Developmentp. 1
Complex Role of Migration in Shifting Rural Livelihoods: A Moroccan Case Studyp. 21
International Migration in Indonesia and its Impacts on Regional Developmentp. 43
Migrant Remittances and Development in Bolivia and Mexico: A Comparative Studyp. 66
The Role of Remittances in the Transnational Livelihood Strategies of Somalisp. 91
Migration, Collective Remittances, and Development: Mexican Migrant Associations in the United Statesp. 111
Global Workers, Local Philanthropists: Filipinos in Italy and the Tug of Homep. 130
Migrant Involvement in Community Development: The Case of the Rural Ashanti Region-Ghanap. 150
We Are Bridging Cultures and Countries: Migrant Organizations and Development Cooperation in the Netherlandsp. 172
The Diaspora Option as a Tool Toward Development? The Highly Qualified Ghanaian Diaspora in Berlin and Hamburgp. 195
The Development Potential of Caribbean Young Return Migrants: Making a Difference Back Homep. 213
(Post) Colonial Transnational Actors and Homeland Political Development: The Case of Surinamp. 231
Ambivalent Developments of Female Migration: Cases from Senegal and Lebanonp. 253
Migration and Development: Migrant Women in South Koreap. 269
Homeward-Bound Investors: The Role of Overseas Chinese in China's Economic Developmentp. 288
Conceptualising Indian Emigration - The Development Storyp. 309
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ISBN: 0415962471
ISBN-13: 9780415962476
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Dimensions (cm): 23.114 x 15.748  x 2.286
Weight (kg): 0.273
Audience: General

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