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Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries

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Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries

Diasporas are major direct investors in critical and emerging industries, known patrons of nascent tourism initiatives, and generous philanthropists. This Road Map offers national policymakers and practitioners a practical guide and real-world process for smartly and successfully galvanizing diaspora engagement. The handbook presents a carefully selected menu of viable policy and programme options based on actual experiences from around the world.

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).