Governments at both ends of the migration cycle increasingly recognize the value of diasporas’ spontaneous engagements with their countries of origin and are seeking ways to cooperate with them.

"The Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries" offers policymakers and practitioners a user-friendly and practical guide on the state of the art in governmental diaspora initiatives.

Beyond the remittances diasporas send back to their homelands,  they are major direct investors in critical and emerging industries, known patrons of nascent tourism initiatives, generous philanthropists, actors of human capital, and providers of knowledge transfer.