Diaspora engagement and development in South Asia /

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. - xvii, 262 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm. - International political economy series . - International political economy series. .

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 / Influencing from Afar: Role of Pakistani Diaspora in Public Policy and Development in Pakistan / Afghan Diasporas in Britain and Germany: Dynamics, Engagements and Agency / The Global Circulation of Skill and Capital : Pathways of Return Migration of Indian Entrepreneurs from the United States to India / Bangladeshi Diaspora: Cultural Practices and Development Linkages / From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Leveraging the Academic Diaspora for Development in Bangladesh / Diaspora Engagement in Education in Kerala, India / Diaspora Volunteering and Development in Nepal / Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks Linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development / Intersecting Diasporas: Sri Lankan Buddhist Temples in Malaysia and Development across the Indian Ocean / Diaspora Engagement Policy in South Asia / Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India / Pierre Gottschlich -- S. Akbar Zaidi -- Carolin Fischer -- Manashi Ray -- A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah -- Taiabur Rahman -- Antony Palackal -- Prakash Khanal -- Virinder S. Kalra, Umber Ibad and Navtej K. Purewal -- Jeffrey Samuels -- Smita Tiwari -- Kiran Mirchandani.

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South Asians--Foreign countries--Congresses.
Economic development--South Asia--Congresses.
South Asian diaspora--Congresses.
South Asians--Ethnic identity--Congresses.

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