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BIFEX 2015 Business Beyond Borders May 2015
Presented by
Kingsley Aikins
Diaspora Matters
The Economist
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November 11th 2011
Annmarie Slaughter
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Joseph Nye
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A Changed World
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232 million people live in a country other than the one they were born in
80 million Europeans live outside their country of birth
800 million people have moved internally in their own country
400,000 French people live in London
5.5 million British people live abroad
$ 540 billion Remittances in 2013 according to the World Bank
International Statistics
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3 Big questions
What helped bring peace to Northern Ireland?
What made China a manufacturing giant?
What made India a global technology hub?
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Answer
Networking their Diasporas
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India
Ireland
Diaspora Initiatives Ireland
Irish Abroad Unit
The Gathering
Connect Ireland
Ireland Reaching Out
Irish International Diaspora Centre
The Ireland Funds
Diaspora Direct Investment
Diaspora and Sport
Culture
Media
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Other Countries
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Diaspora Capital
“ Diaspora Capital refers to the resources available to a country, region, city or location and is made up of people, networks, finance, ideas, attitudes and concerns for their place of origin, ancestry or affinity.”
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Why Diaspora Initiatives fail
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The Glue Networking
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Diaspora Networking
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Attitude and Skills
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Action
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Future
Diasporise Democratise
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