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Diaspora Bonds and Remittances for Development

Geoff Riley

19th May 2015

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Diaspora bonds are issued by a national government and sold to people born in that country who now live and work overseas. The largest issuer of diaspora bonds is Israel which has been doing so since the 1950s. But now some developing countries are thinking about issuing these bonds as a way of part-funding long-term investment projects.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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