Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia

1. Introduction: Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia
Tan Tai Yong, Md Mizanur Rahman

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

3. Influencing from Afar: Role of Pakistani Diaspora in Public Policy and Development in Pakistan
S. Akbar Zaidi

4. Afghan Diasporas in Britain and Germany: Dynamics, Engagements and Agency
Carolin Fischer

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

6. Bangladeshi Diaspora: Cultural Practices and Development Linkages
A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah

7. From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Leveraging the Academic Diaspora for Development in Bangladesh
Taiabur Rahman

8. Diaspora Engagement in Education in Kerala, India
Antony Palackal

9. Diaspora Volunteering and Development in Nepal
Prakash Khanal

10. Diasporic Shrines: Transnational Networks Linking South Asia through Pilgrimage and Welfare Development
Virinder S. Kalra, Umber Ibad, Navtej K. Purewal

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

12. Diaspora Engagement Policy in South Asia
Smita Tiwari

13. Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India
Kiran Mirchandani

Keywords: Economics, Economic Policy, International Relations, Political Economy, Development Studies, Development Economics, Migration