Development challenges for a resurgent African diaspora

Davies, Rebecca

doi:10.1177/146499340901000203

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“…This observation supports the notion that, for all its promise, diaspora philanthropy can be only one prong of a multipronged approach to delivering humanitarian aid (Davies 2010). While diaspora members have unique strategies and strengths that derive from their social network ties, those advantages only reach as far as their social network extends.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Because diaspora aid is often amateur, ad hoc, and voluntary in nature, the priorities of diaspora donors may not align with the needs or priorities of beneficiaries, and effectiveness can be reduced (Newland et al 2010;Salamon 1995). Davies (2010) cautions that diaspora philanthropy is very context-specific, and can be only one component of policy efforts to address poverty or alleviate conflict.…”

Section: Challenges Of Diaspora Philanthropymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis

Abdel-Samad¹,

Flanigan²

2018

WIDER Working Paper

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provides economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development. The Institute began operations in 1985 in Helsinki, Finland, as the first research and training centre of the United Nations University. Today it is a unique blend of think tank, research institute, and UN agency-providing a range of services from policy advice to governments as well as freely available original research.

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confidence: 78%

Section: Challenges Of Diaspora Philanthropymentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis

Abdel-Samad¹,

Flanigan²

2018

WIDER Working Paper

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“…Looking at the political culture in West Africa, Taylor and Williams (2008) are convinced that the elites are concerned about neo-patrimonial regime protection rather than democratic and human centred concerns. On the other hand Akokpari (2004) and Davies (2010) argue to the effect that Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and the benefits coming with multiparty states have helped entrench neo-patrimonialism. As argued by Nabudere (2000: 30) that SAPs saw the 'down-sizing' of the African post-colonial state that meant the erosion of the state's role as a 'defender and promoter of "national" interests and the "social agenda" and contract.'…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At the same time the argument that neo-patrimonial regimes dominate African countries (Taylor, 2005(Taylor, , 2007Akokpari, 2004;and Davies, 2010) might be erroneous. As argued by Pitcher et al (2009: 128) that it produces a kind of 'African exceptionalism in political science literature' that provides a 'convenient catch-all concept' for African poor economic performance.…”

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Reconceptualising the African state in the strategic relational approach: A case of Mauritius state and trade policy-making

Zhuawu¹

2012

Afri. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.

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The view of a crisis of the nation-state in Africa has culminated into a number of emerging solutions most of which do not adequately address the relationship between political actors and the state. Central to the examination of African states is the wide usage of the concept of neo-patrimonial statea concept criticised for inadequately explaining African states. This paper seeks to reconceptualise the existence of African states as structures-that is the contexts within which political actors formulate socioeconomic policies and pursue strategies for economic and social development; laying the basis for engagement in the international political economy. Giving an example of Mauritian trade policymaking, the paper argues that trade policy is a political output decided by human actors in the context of state structures that favour certain actors as they engage in a deliberative and consultative manner. The author also argues that this has created a 'deliberative democratic developmental state' that retains the sovereignty to provide contexts for trade making-policy that forms the basis for engagement in the international trade system.

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“…At the 2003 Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments, the AU amended Article Three of its Constitutive Act to "invite and encourage the full participation of the African diaspora as an important part of the continent" (cf. Davies, 2010).…”

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The Diaspora as a Change Agent in Entrepreneurship-Related Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kshetri

2013

J. Dev. Entrepreneurship

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Diaspora networks' role in supporting and stimulating entrepreneurial activities in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies need hardly be elaborated. For instance, some SSA countries have established government agencies to encourage diasporas to help local communities and provide policy advice. At the 2003 Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments, the African Union (AU) amended Article Three of its Constitutive Act to invite and encourage African diaspora's active participation. However, institutional changes associated with diaspora networks are a phenomenon that has been noted but poorly understood. This paper addresses a little examined intersection between the diaspora literature and the institutions literature. We examine the contexts, mechanisms and processes associated with diaspora networks' roles as institutional change agents in the context of entrepreneurial behaviors in SSA economies. Our dependent variables are measures of changes in institutions associated with diaspora network. We have related our analysis mainly to the nature of the diaspora networks compared to other networks, characteristics of the environments in which diaspora networks are embedded in and operate, and some activities, mechanisms and modes that serve to transmit institutions from the host country to the homeland.

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Development challenges for a resurgent African diaspora

Cited by 11 publications

References 37 publications

The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis

The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis

Reconceptualising the African state in the strategic relational approach: A case of Mauritius state and trade policy-making

The Diaspora as a Change Agent in Entrepreneurship-Related Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

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