Diaspora engagement and development in South Asia

Diaspora engagement and development in South Asia /

The global South Asian diaspora is over 50 million strong. Many of its members maintain strong social, economic and cultural connections to their countries of origin. They also engage in various causes and institutions that directly benefit their countries and people in South Asia. A global cast of...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Tan, Tai Yong (Editor), Rahman, Mizanur, 1972- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Series:International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
South Asian diaspora.
South Asians > Foreign countries.
Economic development > South Asia.
South Asians > Ethnic identity.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia; Tan Tai Yong and Md Mizanur Rahman
  • 1. From Germany to India: The Role of NRI and PIO in Economic and Social Development Assistance; Pierre Gottschlich
  • 2. Influencing from Afar: Role of Pakistani Diaspora in Public Policy and Development in Pakistan; S Akbar Zaidi
  • 3. Afghan Diapsoras in Britain and Germany: Dynamics, Engagements and Agency; Carolin Fischer
  • 4. The Global Circulation of Skill and Capital ₆ Pathways of return migration of Indian Entrepreneurs from the United States to India; Manashi Ray
  • 5. Bangladeshi Diaspora: Cultural Practices and Development Linkages; A K M Ahsan Ullah
  • 6. From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Leveraging the Academic Diaspora for Development in Bangladesh; Taiabur Rahman
  • 7. Diaspora Engagement in Education in Kerala, India; Antony Palackal
  • 8. Diaspora Volunteering and Development in Nepal; Prakash khanal
  • 9. Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development; Virinder S. Kalra, Umber Ibad and Navtej K Purewal
  • 10. Intersecting Diasporas: Sri Lankan Buddhist Temples in Malaysia and Development Across the Indian Ocean; Jeffrey Samuels
  • 11. Diaspora Engagement Policy in South Asia; Smita Tiwari
  • 12. Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India; Kiran Mirchandani.

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