Diaspora’s role in their home country’s economic development: The case of Kosovo

Mimoza Dushi; Albert Berila

doi:10.3986/AGS.12806

Avtorji

Mimoza Dushi University of Prishtina, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography, Pristina, Kosovo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1853-6829
Albert Berila University of Prishtina, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography, Pristina, Kosovo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-269X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS.12806

Ključne besede:

naložbe diaspore, kosovski Albanci, denarna nakazila, gospodarski razvoj, priporočila politiki, kvalitativna raziskava, Kosovo

Povzetek

V članku so kritično proučeni izzivi albanske diaspore na Kosovu pri naložbah v matično državo. Čeprav je diaspora pomemben gospodarski vir zlasti zaradi obsežnih nakazil, ki pomembno prispevajo k nacionalnemu BDP, se spopada s številnimi ovirami, ki vplivajo na učinkovitost njenih naložb. Na podlagi 53 biografskih intervjujev (2014–2016) z migranti v Švici in Nemčiji ter 23 intervjujev s ključnimi deležniki, kot so uradniki, predstavniki sindikatov in akterji civilne družbe, je izpostavljeno pomanjkanje ustreznih paketov spodbud za podporo naložb diaspore na Kosovu. V članku sta obravnavani tako individualna kot politična raven, podana pa so tudi priporočila za povečanje učinka finančnih pobud diaspore.

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