Leveraging migration for Africa
Leveraging migration for Africa remittances, skills, and investments / [electronic resource] :
Dilip Ratha ... [et al.].
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2011.
- xix, 212 p. : ill. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Emigrant remittances--Africa.
African diaspora--Economic aspects.
Investments, Foreign--Africa.
Economic development--Africa.
Africa--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
HG3982 / .L48 2011eb
338.96
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Emigrant remittances--Africa.
African diaspora--Economic aspects.
Investments, Foreign--Africa.
Economic development--Africa.
Africa--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
HG3982 / .L48 2011eb
338.96