Closing the distance
Subtitle: how governments strengthen ties with their diasporas
By: Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, editor
Contributors: Migration Policy Institute
Publisher: Migration Policy Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780974281957
Subjects: Immigrants; Government policy; Aliens; Emigration and immigration law; Auslandstätigkeit; Philippinischer Arbeitnehmer; Mexikanischer Arbeitnehmer; Sozialpolitik; Auswanderer
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Institutionalizing diaspora engagement within migrant-origin governments; title: Protecting overseas Filipino workers : the government's role in the contract labor migration cycle; title: Creating partnerships with diasporas : the Malian experience; title: The Institute of Mexicans Abroad : an effort to empower the diaspora.