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Research and Learning

Project Research Report
Executive Summary
Research Findings

Report on Dialogue 5:
Diasporic Contributions to Development

Report on Dialogue 4:
Human Insecurity and Peacebuilding

Human Insecurity and Peacebuilding: Diaspora Perspectives and Roles
A backgrounder by James Busumtwi-Sam, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.

Report on Dialogue 3:
Education for Development

Report on Dialogue 2:
Improving Global Health

Global Health – Issues and Concerns
A backgrounder for the Dialogue on Diaspora and Global Health
March 2011 by James Busumtwi-Sam, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.

Report on Dialogue 1:
Innovations in Poverty Reduction and Economic Development

Poverty and What To Do About It
A Briefing Note by John Harriss, Director of International Studies at Simon Fraser University.


Trans-local Diaspora and Development:
A Concept and Research Note by James Busumtwi-Sam and Robert Anderson.

Project Backgrounder