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Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia

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Editors:
  1. Tan Tai Yong

    1. Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Md Mizanur Rahman

    1. Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia

    • Tan Tai Yong, Md Mizanur Rahman
    Pages 1-19

  3. From Germany to India: The Role of NRIs and PIOs in Economic and Social Development Assistance

    • Pierre Gottschlich
    Pages 20-40

  4. Influencing from Afar: Role of Pakistani Diaspora in Public Policy and Development in Pakistan

    • S. Akbar Zaidi
    Pages 41-55

  5. Afghan Diasporas in Britain and Germany: Dynamics, Engagements and Agency

    • Carolin Fischer
    Pages 56-74

  6. The Global Circulation of Skill and Capital — Pathways of Return Migration of Indian Entrepreneurs from the United States to India

    • Manashi Ray
    Pages 75-102

  7. Bangladeshi Diaspora: Cultural Practices and Development Linkages

    • A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah
    Pages 103-123

  8. From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Leveraging the Academic Diaspora for Development in Bangladesh

    • Taiabur Rahman
    Pages 124-144

  9. Diaspora Engagement in Education in Kerala, India

    • Antony Palackal
    Pages 145-161

  10. Diaspora Volunteering and Development in Nepal

    • Prakash Khanal
    Pages 162-175

  11. Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks Linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development

    • Virinder S. Kalra, Umber Ibad, Navtej K. Purewal
    Pages 176-193

  12. Intersecting Diasporas: Sri Lankan Buddhist Temples in Malaysia and Development across the Indian Ocean

    • Jeffrey Samuels
    Pages 194-211

  13. Diaspora Engagement Policy in South Asia

    • Smita Tiwari
    Pages 212-230

  14. Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India

    • Kiran Mirchandani
    Pages 231-245

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 246-262
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A global cast of contributors document the various forms of diaspora engagement – philanthropy, volunteerism, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and virtual diaspora - in South Asia and provide insights on how to tap the development potential of diaspora engagement for countries in South Asia.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Tan Tai Yong, Md Mizanur Rahman

About the editors

Ahsan Ullah, The American University in Cairo, Egypt Antony Palackal, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Kerala, India Carolin Fischer, University of Oxford, UK Jeffrey Samuels, Western Kentucky University, USA Kiran Mirchandani, University of Toronto, Canada Manashi Ray, West Virginia State University, USA Md Mizanur Rahman, National University of Singapore, Singapore Navtej Purewal, University of Manchester, UK Pierre Gottschlich, University of Rostock, Germany Prakash Khanal, Himalayan Development International, UK S Akbar Zaidi, Columbia University, USA Smita Tiwari, University of Delhi, India Taiabur Rahman, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Kazakhstan Tan Tai Yong, National University of Singapore, Singapore Umber Bin Ibad, University of Manchester, UK Virinder S Kalra, University of Manchester, UK

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