African Diaspora Direct Investment

Establishing the Economic and Socio-cultural Rationale

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Examining the experiences of Africans setting up businesses back home, the main focus of this book is to establish the economic, social and psychological reasons for such ‘home direct investment’.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-03-22
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa
Antal sidor282
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
MedarbetareBal,Matthijs
ISBN9783319720463

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Dieu Hack-Polay is specialist in migrant worker and organisational studies. He obtained his PhD in Sociology at Surrey University, UK. He also completed the Doctorate in Education (EdD) - Leadership and Management at the University of Lincoln, UK. He has published a number of books and articles on the topic migrant workers in host societies. He is a Programme Leader for the MSc Management and International Relations at the University of Lincoln, UK. Juliana Siwale is a Senior Lecturer in International Business at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. She obtained her PhD in Microfinance at the University of Durham, UK. She has published widely in reputable journals on issues affecting financial inclusion and development finance, small business enterprise growth and failure of microfinance institutions in developing countries.

1. Introduction; Dieu Hack-Polay & Juliana Siwale.- Part I. Diaspora Direct Investment: Rationalities and Impact.- 2. Understanding Diaspora Transnationalism; Osa-Godwin Osaghae.- 3. Diaspora Investment and African National Economics: Case Studies; Gift Mugano.- 4. Mapping of Diaspora Direct Investment: Critical Areas of Investment; Juliana Siwale.- 5. Compassionate investment? Diaspora Contribution to Poverty Alleviation in Francophone West Africa; Dieu Hack-Polay.- Part II. Management of Diaspora Businesses.- 6. Diaspora Networks: A Social Capital Source for Entrepreneurship in Low-Income and Emerging Economies; Amon Simba & Nathanael Ojong.- 7. Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Do Local Social Networks in Home Country Matter?; Olu Aluko & Walter Mswaka.- 8. Diaspora Businesses in Africa: Survival and Sustainability; Sombo Muzata Chunda.- 9. Management of Diaspora Businesses: Issues and Learning; John Opute.- 10. Gender and Diaspora Investment: What Do We Know?; Roda Madziva, Juliana Siwale & Juliet Thondhlana.- 11. Skilled Migrant African Women of Faith and Diaspora Investment; Juliet Thondhlana & Roda Madziva.- 12. Conclusion; Juliet Siwale & Dieu Hack-Polay.