Migrants as transnational development agents: an inquiry into the newest round of the migration–development nexus

Migrant networks and organisations have emerged as development agents. They interact with state institutions in flows of financial remittances, knowledge, and political ideas. In the discursive dimension, the new enthusiasm on the part of OECD states and international organisations, such as the Worl...

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Volume:	14
Main Author:	Faist, Thomas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.2008
published in:	Population space and place Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 21 - 42
Data of publication:	January/February 2008
ISSN:	1544-8444 1544-8452
EISSN:	1544-8452
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	transnational migration development migrant associations transnationalism community Human geography Bgi / Prodig Population geography and social geography Migrations International migration Social space Income transfer Conflict Diaspora Development Community
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Pascal-Francis Database information Databases - DBIS