Trading Worlds is an anthropological study of a little understood yet rapidly expanding global trading diaspora, namely the Afghan merchants of Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe. It contests one-sided images that depict traders from this and other conflict regions as immoral profiteers, the...

This paper aims to provide insight into the way in which the education and skill level of migrants affects the remittance habits, purpose, and the use of the remitted money in the country of origin, in the context of Afghan, Egyptian and Serbian immigrants in Germany. The information about the...

In neueren wissenschaftlichen und politischen Diskussionen ist der Beitrag so genannter Diasporagemeinden zur Entwicklung ihrer Herkunftsländer registriert worden. Es besteht jedoch ein erheblicher Wissensbedarf bezüglich (1.) der Typen und Muster ökonomischer, sozialer und kultureller...

The issue of migration and development became in the last years highly relevant on the global policy agenda. Countries and international organisations increasingly perceive migration as a phenomenon that can positively impact development in both migrant receiving and sending countries, provided...