Diasporas and Development

Edited by Barbara J. Merz

Edited by Lincoln C. Chen, M.D.

Edited by Peter F. Geithner

    Preface

    Conference Participants

    Contributors

    1. Overview: Diasporas and Development

    2. Focusing on the State: Government Responses to Diaspora Giving and Implications for Equity

    3. What Can Remittances and Other Migrant Flows Do for Equitable Development?

    4. The Janus Face of Diasporas

    5. Diaspora Philanthropy to Asia

    6. African Diasporas

    7. Diaspora Engagement in the Caribbean

    8. Central American Diasporas and Hometown Associations

    Index

  • Cover: Diasporas and Development

Barbara J. Merz directs the Philanthropy Program of the Harvard University Global Equity Initiative.

Lincoln C. Chen is Director of the Global Equity Initiative at The Asia Center, Harvard University.

Peter F. Geithner is Advisor to the Harvard University Global Equity Initiative and the former Director of Asia Programs at the Ford Foundation.