Diaspora engagement and development in South Asia / edited by Tan Tai Yong, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and Md Mizanur Rahman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
Contributor(s): Rahman, Mizanur [editor of compilation.] | Tan, Tai Yong [editor of compilation.].
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TextSeries: International political economy series: Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, c2013Description: xvii, 262 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1137334444 (hbk); 9781137334442 (hbk).Subject(s): South Asians -- Foreign countries -- Congresses | Economic development -- South Asia -- Congresses | South Asian diaspora -- Congresses | South Asians -- Ethnic identity -- CongressesDDC classification: 909.04914 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Papers based on a two-day workshop held at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, in September 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From Germany to India: The Role of NRIs and PIOs in Economic and Social Development Assistance / Pierre Gottschlich -- Influencing from Afar: Role of Pakistani Diaspora in Public Policy and Development in Pakistan / S. Akbar Zaidi -- Afghan Diasporas in Britain and Germany: Dynamics, Engagements and Agency / Carolin Fischer -- The Global Circulation of Skill and Capital : Pathways of Return Migration of Indian Entrepreneurs from the United States to India / Manashi Ray -- Bangladeshi Diaspora: Cultural Practices and Development Linkages / A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah -- From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Leveraging the Academic Diaspora for Development in Bangladesh / Taiabur Rahman -- Diaspora Engagement in Education in Kerala, India / Antony Palackal -- Diaspora Volunteering and Development in Nepal / Prakash Khanal -- Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks Linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development / Virinder S. Kalra, Umber Ibad and Navtej K. Purewal -- Intersecting Diasporas: Sri Lankan Buddhist Temples in Malaysia and Development across the Indian Ocean / Jeffrey Samuels -- Diaspora Engagement Policy in South Asia / Smita Tiwari -- Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India / Kiran Mirchandani.