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Making homes: the Ghanaian diaspora, institutions and development

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  • Leroi Henry

    (Development and Policy Discipline, Faculty of Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK)

  • Giles Mohan

    (Development and Policy Discipline, Faculty of Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK)

Abstract

The paper analyses the impact of institutions and organizations on development of home through a case study of Ghanaians in the UK and Ghana. While individual or household level remittances are undoubtedly a key dimension of livelihood strategies we focus on the collective or institutional level. We examine the linkages between Ghanaian organizations in Southern England and various organizations in Ghana, including hometown, welfare, traditional leaders, church, and alumni. We examine the nature of these flows and offer preliminary analyses of their impacts. We address the impact of differing organizational cultures and how the rights and obligations embedded in identities impact on these practices, particularly, the ways in which status and sanctions operate in the networks. © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Leroi Henry & Giles Mohan, 2003. "Making homes: the Ghanaian diaspora, institutions and development," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(5), pages 611-622.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:15:y:2003:i:5:p:611-622
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.1019
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    1. Lothar Smith & Valentina Mazzucato, 2009. "Constructing Homes, Building Relationships: Migrant Investments In Houses," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 100(5), pages 662-673, December.
    2. John Aggergaard Larsen & Helen T. Allan & Karen Bryan & Pam Smith, 2005. "Overseas nurses’ motivations for working in the UK," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 19(2), pages 349-368, June.
    3. Rebecca Davies, 2010. "Development challenges for a resurgent African diaspora," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 10(2), pages 131-144, April.
    4. Mazzucato, Valentina, 2006. "Migrant transnationalism: Two-way flows, changing institutions and community development between Ghana and the Netherlands," economic sociology. perspectives and conversations, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, vol. 7(3), pages 8-16.
    5. Bakewell Oliver, 2009. "Migration, Diasporas and Development: Some Critical Perspectives," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 229(6), pages 787-802, December.
    6. Sarah Neal & Katy Bennett & Allan Cochrane & Giles Mohan, 2013. "Living Multiculture: Understanding the New Spatial and Social Relations of Ethnicity and Multiculture in England," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 31(2), pages 308-323, April.
    7. Ester Serra Mingot & Valentina Mazzucato, 2017. "Mobile Populations in Immobile Welfare Systems: A Typology of Institutions Providing Social Welfare and Protection Within a Mobility Framework," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(4), pages 787-805, August.

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