Leveraging migration for Africa remittances, skills, and investments /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Ratha, Dilip.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2011.
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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.