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Migration
and remittances;
...................diaspora and
development...
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Case
Study : Thamel.com:
Diaspora-enabled Development, Paul, John, World
Resource Institute
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Article: Diasporas, Information Technology
and Base of the Pyramid Market Development: What
can we learn from Thamel Dot Com? Brinkerhoff, Jennifer,
Associate Professor, Public Admin., International Business
& International Affairs, George Washington University.
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Book: Beyond
Small Change: Making Migrant Remittances Count, Edited
by Donald Terry and Steven Wilson, Inter-American Development
Bank, 2005.
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Overview of global remittances, migration and development
- Strong
focus on Latin America.
- Articles/research
by leading remittance experts
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Current remittance statistics for selected regions and countries
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Book: Remittances: Development
Impact and Future Prospects, Edited by Samuel Munzele
Maimbo and Dilip Ratha, World Bank, 2005.
- Overview
of remittances, related policy and potential for poverty
alleviation.
- Articles
by remittance experts and researchers with statistics, graphs,
etc.
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Articles: “Recent
Trends in International Remittance Flows” and “Understanding
the Importance of Remittances” Ratha, Dilip, World
Bank, 2004
- Article: “Worker
Remittances in an International Scope”, Orozco,
Manuel, March 2003.
- Excellent
overview of remittances: their levels, conditions, systems
and trends
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Article: “Beyond
Remittances: the Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction”,
Newland, Kathleen
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Conference Archives: World
Forum on Migration and Remittances, Washington, D.C.,
2005, Multi-lateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB)
- This
site provides speakers’ presentations and overview
of global information, current thinking and interest in
remittances, their uses and trends, with special focus on
Latin America
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Article/protocol: Base
of the Pyramid Protocol Project
- “The
objective of the protocol is to generate insight into the
processes by which firms can identify and develop sustainable
new products and business models in partnership with Base
of the Pyramid (BoP) communities” (the 4 billion people
with per capita income of less than $1500 per year)
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Article: Crossing
Borders: Gender, Remittances and Development. Ramirez,
C.; Garcia, Dominguez, M; Miguez, Morais, J / U.N. International
Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
(INSTRAW), 2005
- The
importance of understanding the relationships between migration,
gender, remittances and development. Discusses a concept
for developing a framework
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