This book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular...
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This book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora to fulfill obligations to home
Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-251) and index
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Currencies; List of Acronyms; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Why home associations matter; 1 Home associations: between political belonging and moral conviviality; 2 Contexts and comparisons; 3 Rethinking research on African diasporas and development; Part Two: The history and structure of home associations; 4 Home associations and the nation in Cameroon; 5 Home associations and the nation in Tanzania; Part Three: The developmental and political work of home associations; 6 Welfare and social support in the diaspora
7 Modernizing burial and death celebrations8 Education and inequality; 9 Infrastructure and accountability; Part Four: Home associations, migration and development; 10 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
