The objective of this exploratory research project was to evaluate and study the feasibility of offering municipal bonds to the Kosovar diaspora. In order to address the objective, the main exploratory research techniques applied were focus groups and one-on-one in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders such as businesses, business support organizations, governmental (central and local level) and non-governmental institutions, members of the Kosovar diaspora, and international organizations operating in Kosovo.

This first IOM high-level dialogue on diasporas was an experiment. 55 ministers and minister-level officials from all parts of the world sat together for two days and discussed issues on the growing global diaspora and the contributions they bring to development. Participants were able to exchange views on how to strengthen political and institutional commitment as a basis for designing and implementing policies and programmes of diaspora engagement relevant to their countries’ respective circumstances and needs.

"The report speaks on labour mobility; the impact of South–South migration on development; diaspora and remittances; internal migration and displacement; and irregular and return migration, as well as some cross-cutting themes such as human rights and environmental migration.

As migrações, internas e internacionais, são um fenómeno de grande relevância em África. São fluxos multiformes, de grande amplitude e na sua grande maioria internos ao continente (FIDH, 2007). As migrações africanas são quantitativamente muito importantes, tanto em termos de rácio relativamente à população, como em números absolutos, quando comparados com outras zonas do mundo. Ancorados na história africana, nos tempos mais recentes os movimentos migratórios têm-se desenvolvido  e tornado mais complexos. Os destinos multiplicaram-se e os itinerários alongaram-se (FIDH, 2007).

This study sought to explore the various ways through which the Government of Kenya can involve its diasporas in human development. This research examines the Kenyan case on how migrants within developing countries, especially within the Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) countries, can be involved in national development in Kenya.

This is a study on the engagement of the Haitian diaspora in the Caribbean. The study enables further understanding of migration models in other destinations. The absence of the Dominican Republic as a case study is due, among other reasons, to the many studies that have focused on it already. This fact has enabled a concentration on three lesser-known cases.  

​The study aims to interrogate the interrelationships between South–South migration and development on how to effectively integrate this form of human mobility into national and regional development plans and poverty reduction challenges in Nigeria.

This study researches the social-economic profile of Moldovan citizens temporarily or permanently staying abroad, persons originating from the Republic of Moldova and their descendants, as well as their communities, in order to help the Moldovan Government develop migration management policies.

The primary objectives of this study are the specification of the socio-demographic and economic profile of Moldovan migrants and representatives of the Moldovan diaspora in the Russian Federation, their adaptation issues, future personal and family plans and potential of investment in the economy of Moldova and Russia.  

Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias and Kathleen Newland explore how governments in Asia are facilitating diaspora contributions, including creation of conducive legal frameworks and diaspora-centred institutions to initiation of programmes that specifically target diasporas as development actors. The issue brief details a number of legislative proposals geared at diasporas, including flexible citizenship laws and visa arrangements, political and property rights and reduced income tax rates; it also examines the diaspora-centred institutions in government.