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Author: Alice Bloch Publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM) ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 102
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This report is based on a survey of 1,000 Zimbabwean nationals living in the UK and South Africa which shows that most migrants have not cut their ties with Zimbabwe and are making a vital contribution to the development of their host countries. Nearly half were in touch with family members once a week; 74% send money back home. 82% had a formal qualification of which 38% had a degree or post-graduate qualification. Amongst those who came to the UK, 97% had a qualification of which 43% had a degree or post-graduate qualification. 48% of migrants cited the economic situation or employment as the main reason for leaving Zimbabwe and 26% gave political reasons as the main reason. Two thirds would definitely like to return to Zimbabwe, depending on improvements in political and economic situation; 21% might like to return. Only 12% definitely did not want to return. When asked if they wanted to participate in development related activities in Zimbabwe, 73% of the respondents said they would be interested in a skills transfer programme.
Author: Alice Bloch Publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM) ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 102
Book Description
This report is based on a survey of 1,000 Zimbabwean nationals living in the UK and South Africa which shows that most migrants have not cut their ties with Zimbabwe and are making a vital contribution to the development of their host countries. Nearly half were in touch with family members once a week; 74% send money back home. 82% had a formal qualification of which 38% had a degree or post-graduate qualification. Amongst those who came to the UK, 97% had a qualification of which 43% had a degree or post-graduate qualification. 48% of migrants cited the economic situation or employment as the main reason for leaving Zimbabwe and 26% gave political reasons as the main reason. Two thirds would definitely like to return to Zimbabwe, depending on improvements in political and economic situation; 21% might like to return. Only 12% definitely did not want to return. When asked if they wanted to participate in development related activities in Zimbabwe, 73% of the respondents said they would be interested in a skills transfer programme.
Author: Kimberley Porter Publisher: ISBN: Category : African diaspora Languages : en Pages : 232
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Diasporas have become an important dimension of sub-Saharan Africa&#x;s development strategy. Now recognised as the continent&#x;s sixth developmental region Africa&#x;s growing diaspora population is being embraced within a series of development initiatives across the continent, shaping development processes in their home and often their host country. Diaspora-development initiatives have taken a wide range of formal and informal manifestations across the continent but share an underlying logic: diasporas have the resources, skills and knowledge which, when harnessed properly, have the potential to meet the development needs of their homeland. Problematically, development scholars have been slow to recognise either the rationality or the significance of diaspora networks. As a result, a discourse of diasporas and development has emerged without significant critical self-reflection and commentary. Critical questions need to be asked about the roles of diasporas as development actors and the form of development to which they are expected to contribute; who benefits most from them; and where, why, and how they operate. To this end, this paper reflects on the nature and significance of diaspora networks in development. Specifically, I focus on the extent to which diaspora networks sustain, and challenge, particular intersections between discourse, power and political institutions and practices in informing development. Drawing on the experiences of Zimbabwean diaspora networks in the United Kingdom this paper outlines the historical, social and political processes that shape the geographies of diaspora networks and the implications for diaspora-led reconstruction and development in the country.
Author: Jonathan Crush Publisher: African Books Collective ISBN: 192040922X Category : African diaspora Languages : en Pages : 434
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Zimbabwe's Exodus: Crisis, Migration, Survival is written by leading migration scholars, many from the Zimbabwean diaspora. The book explores the relationship between Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis and migration as a survival strategy.
Author: Medicine Masiiwa Publisher: Institute of Development Studies (Ids) and National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (N ISBN: 9780797446878 Category : Emigrant remittances Languages : en Pages : 39
Author: Sonia Plaza Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 0821382586 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 358
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The diaspora of developing countries can be a potent force for development, through remittances, but more importantly, through promotion of trade, investment, knowledge and technology transfers. The book aims to consolidate research and evidence on these issues with a view to formulating policies in both sending and receiving countries.
Author: JoAnn McGregor Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781845456580 Category : Forced migration Languages : en Pages : 302
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Zimbabwe's crisis since 2000 has produced a dramatic global scattering of people. This volume investigates this enforced dispersal, and the processes shaping the emergence of a new "diaspora" of Zimbabweans abroad, focusing on the most important concentrations in South Africa and in Britain. Not only is this the first book on the diasporic connections created through Zimbabwe's multifaceted crisis, but it also offers an innovative combination of research on the political, economic, cultural and legal dimensions of movement across borders and survival thereafter with a discussion of shifting identities and cultural change. It highlights the ways in which new movements are connected to older flows, and how displacements across physical borders are intimately linked to the reworking of conceptual borders in both sending and receiving states. The book is essential reading for researchers/students in migration, diaspora and postcolonial literary studies.
Author: Alexander Betts Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 110715992X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 277
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This book shows how diasporas are mobilised to challenge authoritarian governments - by whom, for what purposes, and with what consequences.
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Author: Kimberley Porter
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