Title: Closing the distance : how governments strengthen ties with their diasporas /
Authors: Agunias, Dovelyn Rannveig.; Migration Policy Institute.
Publisher: Migration Policy Institute,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Immigrants Government policy.; Noncitizens Government policy.; Emigration and immigration law.
Abstract: "This book offers an unprecedented taxonomy of 45 diaspora-engaging institutions found in 30 developing countries, exploring their activities and objectives; it also provides important perspectives from country case studies by senior practitioners from Mali, Mexico, and the Philippines."--Jacket.
Contents: Institutionalizing diaspora engagement within migrant-origin governments -- Protecting overseas Filipino workers : the government's role in the contract labor migration cycle -- Creating partnerships with diasporas : the Malian experience -- The Institute of Mexicans Abroad : an effort to empower the diaspora.