Africa's Return Migrants - The New Developers?

Many African migrants residing abroad nurture a hope to one day return, at least temporarily, to their home country. In the wake of economic crises in the developed world, alongside rapid economic growth in parts of Africa, the impetus to ''return'' is likely to increase. Such returnees are often portrayed as agents of development, bringing with them capital, knowledge and skills as well as connections and experience gained abroad. Yet, the reality is altogether more complex.In this much-needed volume, based on extensive original fieldwork, the authors reveal that there is all too often a gaping divide between abstract policy assumptions and migrants'' actual practices. In contrast to the prevailing optimism of policies on migration and development, demonstrates that the capital obtained abroad is not always advantageous and that it can even hamper successful entrepreneurship and other forms of economic, political and social engagement.>

Product details

• Authors: 197, Lisa Akesson, Lisa Baaz Akesson, Maria Eriksson Baaz, Lisa kesson
• Assisted by: Lisa Akesson (Editor), Lisa Åkesson (Editor), Maria Eriksson Baaz (Editor), Nordic Africa Institute (Editor)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2015
• EAN: 9781783602339
• ISBN: 978-1-78360-233-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Africa Now; Zed Books - Africa Now; Africa Now
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories