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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2011]; copyright 2011
• Descrizione fisica: xix, 212 pages : color illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 338.96
• Soggetto topico: Emigrant remittances - Africa; African diaspora - Economic aspects; Investments, Foreign - Africa; Economic development - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Emigration and immigration Economic aspects
• Altri autori: RathaDilip
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: A joint effort led by the African Development Bank and the World Bank, 'Leveraging Migration for Africa' is the first comprehensive publication on harnessing migration, remittances, and other diaspora resources for the development of Africa. It comes at a time when countries in Africa and elsewhere are grappling with difficult choices on how to manage migration.Policy makers can help leverage the contributions of migrants to the development of Africa, reduceremittance costs, improve the efficiency of remittance markets in both origin and destination countries, and address the needs of the orig
• Titolo autorizzato: Leveraging migration for Africa
• ISBN: 1-283-10002-9; 9786613100023; 0-8213-8718-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781345103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.