A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the topic of migration and
remittances over the last few years. Early studies on immigration policy assumed that …

A major feature of the current 'mass migration'process is its strong linkages to countries of
origin. Migrants belong to spatially extended families and play a crucial role in shaping …

Africa is often seen as a continent of mass migration and displacement caused by poverty,
violent conflict and environmental stress. Yet such perceptions are based on stereotypes …

In the past decade migration has risen to the top of the development agenda after being of
marginal interest to development studies and development policy and practice for many …

Recorded workers' remittances to developing countries reached $167 billion in 2005,
bringing increasing attention to these flows as a potential tool for development. In this paper …

Making Finance Work for Africa takes a panoramic view of Africa's financial systems, both at
the large scale (" finance for growth") and the small scale (" finance for all"). Things are …

Using a dynamic spatial framework, this paper investigates how foreign direct investment
(FDI), foreign aid and remittances impact the economic growth of 53 A frican and 34 L atin A …

The Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) is a center for research, documentation
and information on modern Africa in the Nordic region. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the …

This paper looks at the relationship between migration between developing countries–or
countries of the global'South'–and processes of human development. The paper offers a …

There has been much recent celebration of the success of African'civil society'in forging
global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such …