African Diaspora Direct Investment: Establishing the Economic and Socio-cultural Rationale

1. Introduction; Dieu Hack-Polay & Juliana Siwale.- Part I. Diaspora Direct Investment: Rationalities and Impact.- 2. Understanding Diaspora Transnationalism; Osa-Godwin Osaghae.- 3. Diaspora Investment and African National Economics: Case Studies; Gift Mugano.- 4. Mapping of Diaspora Direct Investment: Critical Areas of Investment; Juliana Siwale.- 5. Compassionate investment? Diaspora Contribution to Poverty Alleviation in Francophone West Africa; Dieu Hack-Polay.- Part II. Management of Diaspora Businesses.- 6. Diaspora Networks: A Social Capital Source for Entrepreneurship in Low-Income and Emerging Economies; Amon Simba & Nathanael Ojong.- 7. Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Do Local Social Networks in Home Country Matter?; Olu Aluko & Walter Mswaka.- 8. Diaspora Businesses in Africa: Survival and Sustainability; Sombo Muzata Chunda.- 9. Management of Diaspora Businesses: Issues and Learning; John Opute.- 10. Gender and Diaspora Investment: What Do We Know?; Roda Madziva, Juliana Siwale & Juliet Thondhlana.- 11. Skilled Migrant African Women of Faith and Diaspora Investment; Juliet Thondhlana & Roda Madziva.- 12. Conclusion; Juliet Siwale & Dieu Hack-Polay.