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Submitted by Sonia Plaza on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 18:02
Acabo de realizar una podcast entrevista con Ximena Gutiérrez (coordinadora del sitio web del Banco Mundial en español www.bancomundial.org) sobre cómo la crisis financiera mundial esta impactando a la “diaspora latina”, a la demanda laboral de los trabajadores migrantes y a los flujos de remesas a América Latina.
Shanta talks about the impact of the crisis and also about the diaspora conference where he chaired a session on brain drain, and where Michael Clemens compared the remittances of Nigerian doctors to the cost of their education and found that the former exceeds the latter.
Submitted by Dilip Ratha on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 11:02
On the sidelines of the Diaspora conference I asked some colleagues how the crisis was impacting Africa and other regions, and how the diaspora could be of help. Please check out what they said, on video.
Submitted by Sonia Plaza on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:10
A pesar que fue un poco de trabajo, valió la pena organizar la conferencia. Nuestro objetivo era ir más allá de discutir los temas sobre las remesas. Queríamos discutir iniciativas concretas para aprovechar los recursos de la diaspora sea en la forma de transferir recursos tangibles (contribución monetaria, inversiones, etc.) e intangibles (conocimiento, tecnología, contactos, etc.). Quisiéramos dar las gracias a todos los presentadores y a los participantes por contribuir al éxito de la conferencia. Recibimos cerca de 200 trabajos, de los que al final sólo 35 fueron seleccionados para ser presentados en las sesiones. El debate fue enriquecedor dado el intercambio de ideas. El programa y las presentaciones de la conferencia están están disponibles en inglés aquí.
Permítanme destacar brevemente en el video adjunto algunas de las ideas y los próximos pasos que han surgido como resultado del intercambio de ideas durante esta conferencia.
Submitted by Sonia Plaza on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:21
It was a bit of work, but felt like it was worth it. We wanted to go beyond remittances and discuss concrete initiatives to harness diaspora resources. Thanks to all the presenters and participants for making the conference a success. We had nearly 200 submissions, from which in the end only 35 presentations were selected. The discussion was rich. Take a look at the presentations here.
Let me briefly highlight in the attached video some of the ideas and next steps coming from the exchanges during this conference.
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This blog is hosted by Dilip Ratha, lead economist at the World Bank. Its goal is to leverage migration and remittances for development. 