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Africa's return migrants : the new developers? (engelsk)
(2015)
Serie
Many African migrants residing abroad nurture a hope to one day return, at least temporarily, to their home country. In the wake of economic crises in the developed world, alongside rapid economic growth in parts of Africa, the impetus to 'return' is likely to increase. Such returnees are often portrayed as agents of development, bringing with them capital, knowledge and skills as well as connections and experience gained abroad. Yet, the reality is altogether more complex
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Detaljer om materialet
Type
Bog
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Klassemærke
32.61
Bidragsydere
Beskrivelse
Indhold: Successive flops and occasional feats : development contributions and thorny social navigation among Congolese return migrants / Maria Eriksson Baaz ; Diaspora returnees to Somaliland : heroes of development or job-stealing scoundrels? / Laura Hammond ; Pushing development : a case study of highly skilled male return migration to Ghana / Nauja Kleist ; 'Come back, invest, and advance the country' : policy myths and migrant realities of return and development in Senegal / Giulia Sinatti ; The role of social capital in post-conflict business development : perspectives from returning migrants in Burundi / Tove Heggli Sagmo ; Threatening miniskirts : returnee South Sudanese adolescent girls and social change / Katarzyna Grabska ; Obstacles and openings : returnees and small-scale businesses in Cape Verde / Lisa Åkesson
ISBN
97817836023469781783602339
Omfang
181 sider
Forlag
ZedNordiska Afrikainstitutet
Målgruppe
alment niveaufagligt niveauvoksenmaterialer