Enhancing the benefits and reducing the costs of outward migration: Experiences and perspectives from the Philippines
Reviews the best practices and gaps concerning the contribution of migrants and diaspora to local development based on available literature.
The paper organizes the findings according to four categories: remittances; migrants’ investment, diaspora philantrophy, and knowledge exchange. The paper also looks at the social costs of international migration and the transnational dimensions of the contributions of migrants and the diaspora.