global diaspora services_catalysts for change zone of future innovtion
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March 2013
Foresight Engine Game Analysis:
25 Zones of Future Innovation
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The connections between members of a
diaspora and their homeland are often
strong, and represent a source of
exchange, innovation, and learning.
While diaspora remittances have long made
up an immense proportion of local GDP in
many low and middle-income countries—
setting a new record of around $534 billion in
2012 according to the World Bank—there is a
great need to make this exchange of money
efficient and to harness the wider capabilities
of the diaspora. Using diaspora connections in
a more systematic way could have an outsized
catalytic effect on vulnerable communities.
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Providing better platforms for people in the diaspora to mentor individuals
or even crowdfund larger infrastructure projects back home were but two
ways players suggested we could increase the potential of diaspora communities.
There was also discussion of incentivizing professional individuals in the diaspora
to return home in order to temporarily provide much needed services, like mental
health care, to counteract brain-drain losses.
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#Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.*
Kenya**
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*Cards have been lightly edited for readability.**Player location was self selected.
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USA
Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.
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# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.
Kenya
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Create a World Mobile Banking forum (a la Davos) to make mobile banking systems interoperable and reduce transaction costs for remittances!
Singapore
# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.
Kenya
Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.
USA
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Create online diaspora networks for mentoring youth back in the home country.
USA
# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.
Kenya
Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.
USA
Create a World Mobile Banking forum (a la Davos) to make mobile banking systems interoperable and reduce transaction costs for remittances!
Singapore
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Yes. I think countries who mobilise their Diaspora stand to benefit immensely. I read of Cape Verde & Eritrea in Africa.
Sweden
# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.
Kenya
Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.
USA
Create a World Mobile Banking forum (a la Davos) to make mobile banking systems interoperable and reduce transaction costs for remittances!
Singapore
Create online diaspora networks for mentoring youth back in the home country.
USA
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Create incentives for mental health workers to do internships in poor regions. Untreated MH conditions lead to disability/poverty
USA
# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.
Kenya
Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.
USA
Yes. I think countries who mobilise their Diaspora stand to benefit immensely. I read of Cape Verde & Eritrea in Africa.
Sweden
Create a World Mobile Banking forum (a la Davos) to make mobile banking systems interoperable and reduce transaction costs for remittances!
Singapore
Create online diaspora networks for mentoring youth back in the home country.
USA
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# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.
Kenya
Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.
USA
Yes. I think countries who mobilise their Diaspora stand to benefit immensely. I read of Cape Verde & Eritrea in Africa.
Sweden
Create a World Mobile Banking forum (a la Davos) to make mobile banking systems interoperable and reduce transaction costs for remittances!
Singapore
Create online diaspora networks for mentoring youth back in the home country.
USA
Create incentives for mental health workers to do internships in poor regions. Untreated MH conditions lead to disability/poverty
USA
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Signals from the Present
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The International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) promotes and supports diaspora-centered initiatives in entrepreneurship, volunteerism, philanthropy, diplomacy, and social innovation from around the world.
Chile Global
Chile Global is a network for Chileans living abroad. Their main aim is to transform Chile into a knowledge economy, and they do so by facilitating collaboration between highly skilled Chileans in the diaspora with people in their home country.
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International diaspora Engagement Alliance
Image Source: www.chileglobal.net/es Image Source: www.diasporaalliance.org
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OneVietnam was started by people in the Vietnamese diaspora to make philanthropic
endeavors in their homeland more efficient. The site allows members to donate directly to projects they care about, and to track the
resulting progress. They plan to scale up their model and build similar networks for all
countries.
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OneVietnam
Image Source: www,onevietnam.org
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March 2013
Foresight Engine Game Analysis:
25 Zones of Future Innovation
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundationwww.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation
Contact: Tessa Finlev, [email protected]