Aux deux extrémités du cycle migratoire, les gouvernements sont de plus en plus conscients de l’intérêt des contributions spontanées des diasporas à leur pays d’origine et s’efforcent de trouver des moyens de coopérer avec elles. Par delà leurs rapatriements de fonds (plus de 400 milliards de dollars E. U. en 2010), les membres des diasporas sont d’importants investisseurs directs dans des branches de production essentielles et émergentes, des mécènes connus de projets touristiques, ainsi que de généreux philanthropes.

The Diaspora Ministerial Conference held on 18–19 June 2013 is a landmark in the history of the global debate on migration and development. Amid the flurry of international events leading up to the 2nd United Nations High Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development in October 2013, the diaspora conference marks the first and only gathering of high-level politicians from all parts of the world responsible for diaspora and their engagement in the development of their countries of origin.

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. Beyond the remittances they send back to their homelands (more than USD 400 billion in 2010), diasporas are major direct investors in critical and emerging industries, known patrons of nascent tourism initiatives, and generous philanthropists.

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. Beyond the remittances they send back to their homelands (more than USD 400 billion in 2010), diasporas are major direct investors in critical and emerging industries, known patrons of nascent tourism initiatives, and generous philanthropists.