TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ratha,Dilip
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Leveraging migration for Africa: remittances, skills, and investments 
AV  - HG3982 .L48 2011eb
U1  - 338.96 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Emigrant remittances
KW  - Africa
KW  - African diaspora
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Investments, Foreign
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10468651
ER  -