Why is Diaspora Potential so Elusive? Towards a New Generation of Initiatives to Leverage Countries’ Talent Abroad

September 8, 2009 · Filed Under English · Comment 

A new paper by the World Bank Institute looks at diaspora initiatives and related effects.
[WBI] The paper draws a parallel between a venture entrepreneur developing her high-risk high return venture with the help of a network of professional service providers and investors and an ‘overachiever’ diaspora-member constructing, with support of her own [...]

USAID: Call for Applications for the African Diaspora Marketplace

June 17, 2009 · Filed Under English · Comment 

On June 2, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation launched the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM). The ADM is a nearly US$1.5 million business competition targeting small and medium entrepreneurs from the African diaspora. Approximately 10 to 20 entrepreneurs will be [...]

United Nations Development Programme International Organization for Migration United Nations Population Fund The UN Refugee Agency International Labour Organization