Leveraging migration for Africa : remittances, skills, and investments / / Dilip Ratha ... [et al.].

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xix, 212 p. :; ill. (some col.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Migration patterns and policies in Africa. Migration from and within Africa
  • Immigration to Africa
  • Understanding cross-country migration patterns
  • Socioeconomic characteristics of migrants from Africa
  • Managing migration. Migrant remittances. Recent remittance trends and the impact of the global financial crisis
  • Implications of remittances at the macroeconomic level
  • Development impact of remittances at the microeconomic level
  • Remittance markets in Africa
  • Toward less costly and more transparent remittances : policy changes. Migration of the highly skilled. Benefits and patterns of high-skilled migration
  • Earnings of tertiary-educated migrants in destination labor markets
  • Policy options. Harnessing the resources of the diaspora. Locating the African diaspora
  • Benefiting from diasporas
  • An emerging policy agenda to maximize the benefits of diasporas
  • Dealing with diaspora communities abroad.