The International Organization of Migration (IOM) published a terrific handbook for diaspora engagement policies today: "Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries."

In particular, chapter 4 reviews 77 diaspora-engaging institutions in 56 countries. I can see an early draft of a dissertation proposal coming from it.

I've constructed a new section in this blog that aggregates links to important databases or methods tools/websites that have been helpful for my own research.


Current databases cover migration, remittances, inequality, democracy, and labor mobility. Methods websites include R related statistical packages or advice. Resources for LaTeX, Sweave, and JAGS will be expanded soon.


Essentially, the page serves only as an aggregator. I have no intention to promote certain websites over others, so the short blurbs that follow the links are usually excerpts taken from the actually website.


Feel free to let me know if I'm missing any helpful resource that you know of. I would love to add it to the list.

Dan McDowell and I will be presenting our paper “Redback Rising: Bilateral Swap Arrangements and China’s Strategy for RMB Internationalization,” at MPSA this Saturday (April 14). The panel takes place at 4:35pm.

It's still an early draft, but we are quite excited about it. Feel free to drop by to say hi or offer comments if you are there, we would really appreciate it!